Word: taping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...find it very difficult to believe that Rose Mary Woods accidentally erased 18 minutes of tape [Dec. 10]. I have been an executive secretary for 20 years, have transcribed from many different kinds of recording machines, and cannot, in all good conscience, believe her statement that she pressed the wrong button. When working on a transcribing machine, you always have uppermost in your mind that you will press the right button because the recorded word is so very important-more so in her case than any other...
...Miss Woods' story of the tape erasure is one more that is not believable. Highly capable, experienced executive secretaries and administrative assistants do not make such mistakes. By her own words, Miss Woods termed the erasure of the tape "stupid." I doubt that Miss Woods is stupid...
...rise in Nixon's popularity since the Viet Nam peace agreement was signed last January, the President and his aides seemed ebullient last week. The latest Harris poll was taken in mid-November, before the public learned of the mysterious 18-minute gap on one of the Watergate tape recordings; the survey found that 37% of Americans rated Nixon's performance as "good" or "excellent" -up five points since October. The Gallup poll was conducted between Nov. 30 and Dec. 3, after the tape gap became known; it showed a four-point rise...
Following through on earlier experiments, Common Pleas Court Judge James McCrystal decided that all the testimony in 14 related civil cases should be taken on video tape. As a result, panels of jurors showed up at the courthouse to watch a few hours on the tube, then rendered verdicts without ever seeing a single witness in the flesh. Opening and closing statements plus jury instructions were given live by lawyers and judge. The jurors were otherwise left in the courtroom-glued to a TV monitor...
Efficiency is the major gain of trial-evision. The lawyers and witnesses could get together at their mutual convenience. Some witnesses appearing in more than one trial were able to tape all their testimony at one session. While juries watched the televised evidence, the judge and attorneys tended to other business, including other trials...