Word: touche
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What Jaworski Wants. If the White House fails to supply the evidence, Jaworski will almost certainly petition the Washington federal court this week to enforce the subpoena. This could touch off another round of court fights similar to those last summer, when Nixon tried to withhold subpoenaed tapes and papers sought by Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor whom Nixon fired for persisting in demanding evidence. Nixon had claimed that most of the material was protected by Executive privilege-a claim that both Federal Judge John J. Sirica and the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected. Presumably, the courts would...
When he joined the Nixon Administration in November 1968, Henry Kissinger was regarded in foreign policy circles as a neophyte on the subjects of China and the Middle East but an expert on Europe and NATO problems. And yet nowhere has Kissinger's diplomatic touch proved to be less sure than in the countries of his native continent...
...able to see shrunken corpses stacked in grotesque piles inside one tower. After he complained, a wall was quickly built to screen the tower. But Parsis now realize the shortcomings of the ancient method. The vultures still come, along with other birds, but for some unexplained reason scarcely touch the corpses these days. Many Parsis want the old custom changed...
...team that plays the best overall defense has the best chance of winning it all because as Sanders said, "In the playoffs, things get tight. The players are nervous and tense. One of the first things to go is the shooting touch...
Barring bad weather or bad luck, the southern swings should help jell another outstanding group of Crimson squads. With the success Harvard has enjoyed so far this year in football, hockey, squash, swimming and track, the spring teams could add the finishing touch to the finest year in recent Harvard athletic history...