Word: taping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usually Hughes lived in one room, its windows sealed by black curtains and masking tape. Only when watching television was he aware of the time; long ago he had imperiously chosen to ignore the ordinary routine of days and nights. He spent most of his time sitting in a straight-backed hard chair, most often clad only in pajamas. He was constantly attended by two male aides who acted as secretaries and nurses. When he lived at the Desert Inn, he was separated from the aides by a glass partition to ward off germs. If he wanted to give instructions...
Hooks' most impressive first place of the day came in the 440-yard relay. Anchoring the foursome, he came from ten yards behind to motor his way by the unsuspecting Northeastern runner and nip him at the tape at 43.8 seconds...
After Harvard trailed across the finish in the qualifying heats behind Penn and U Cal Berkeley, the victorious oarsmen all but tape-measured the Crimson for their shirt sizes...
After the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Nixon must turn over the tapes of 64 conversations to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, the President telephoned Watergate Lawyer J. Fred Buzhardt. "There might be a problem with the June 23 tape, Fred," Nixon said. He was referring to the tape of a conversation he had had with his principal aide, Haldeman. When Buzhardt heard the tape, he knew immediately that Nixon was finished. It showed indisputably that Nixon had lied in claiming he had national security in mind when he asked top CIA officials to urge FBI Director L. Patrick Gray...
Haig, Buzhardt and St. Clair, now united in the inescapable conclusion that Nixon must quit, set in motion a delicate maneuver to get the President to reach the decision on his own. Certain that he would rebel if pressured to resign, they persuaded him that the tape's contents must be made public. They knew there would be a tremendous outcry when Americans realized that Nixon had been lying to them all along. The strategy, of course, worked. The reaction was swift and overwhelmingly angry-and it told Richard Nixon what his advisers could not, dared not tell...