Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...difficulty winning Senate confirmation. He is not subject to the charge of cronyism, and Nixon is at the beginning rather than the end of his presidency. While Burger has known Nixon for 21 years, he has seen the President only three times in the past 13 years?the third time only three minutes before they walked into the East Room last week. While he is generally of the conservative school, he is moderate enough, particularly on racial issues, not to offend most liberals too greatly. Finally, as Nixon pointedly noted?his mind obviously on the financial dealings that forced Fortas...
Shortly after leaving earth orbit, the astronauts separated their command and service module (Charlie Brown) from the third stage S-4B rocket. Hurtling through the inky void, they pivoted their craft around and moved back to dock with Snoopy, still nestled in the rocket's nose. As the gap between the two craft narrowed, the newly developed 12-lb. color television camera focused on Snoopy during a live transmission 4,120 miles from earth. "This has got to be the greatest sight ever," said a capsule communicator in Houston. Turning toward the receding earth, the TV camera captured...
Thus two men, at least, were out: Charles Rhyne, former American Bar Association president, a Nixon classmate at Duke law school and a personal friend, and Attorney General John Mitchell, the 1968 campaign manager. A third, Herbert Brownell, Eisenhower's Attorney General?and Burger's boss for three years in the Justice Department in the early '50s?withdrew of his own accord because he thought his former job would raise opposition in the Senate. A fourth, Potter Stewart, an Eisenhower appointee to the court, took himself out because he thought that elevation of an Associate Justice would create friction...
Sophomore Phil Zuckerman was one of the attackmen on the third team, and captain Tom Nicosia and Bill Bennett were honorable mention. Nicosia, a two-year captain, was second team All-Ivy two years ago, and honorable mention...
...third straight year, Watson assigned the freshmen according to a complex plan designed to send a fairly equal mix of students to each House. "Everyone seems pretty happy with the plan. It's the best from all standpoints," Watson said last week...