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Beyond question, the President's trip also serves as a tactic in his efforts to ride out Watergate: he hopes to convince the nation that he is the indispensable man to turn America's foes into friends. Henry Kissinger may try to brush the subject aside-"Foreign policy is not conducted in relation to Watergate" -but Nixon knows that a successful tour of the Middle East, splendidly covered by American television, will be a diplomatic extravaganza that will, at least temporarily, divert attention from the impeachment proceedings...
...possible that the same tactic that's good law is bad politics. Maybe that's what Dershowitz...
Courting umpires is another Jackson tactic. Always speaking softly to the man behind the plate, even when he feels wronged, Jackson often gets the benefit of the doubt in return. "One umpire appreciates my manners so much," says Reggie, "that he reduces the strike zone when I come to bat. Whenever he's umpiring on the bases, he tells me, 'You'll get your pitch when I get behind the plate...
...congressional friends last week. Devine cast his courtroom eye over the man, looking for the signs of pressure. A little older all over, thought Devine. The crow's-feet around the eyes were deeper. Gray in the presidential eyebrows. He watched Nixon's hands, an old courtroom tactic. "No tremors at all," said Devine later. "His gestures were good. When the President talked, he looked me directly...
...spirited fight against redlining is mounting across the U.S. by the residents of declining neighborhoods. Their tactic: to make investments in the inner city financially attractive to lenders once again, a process that community groups call "greenlining...