Word: towers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...threat of partisan division in the impeachment inquiry remained one of Nixon's best hopes for stalling an adverse committee decision. Certainly, his public relations drive was increasingly irrelevant. As Republican Senator John Tower of Texas observed: "I suppose it humanizes him a little in the public's mind when he walks into a diner and chats with a black waitress. But his problem is in Washington now. Hell, he ain't running for county sheriff...
...caused many conservatives to worry that he was far too willing to sacrifice philosophical principles for the sake of votes. They backed him for the Republican nomination in 1968 largely because he seemed more likely to win than their preferred candidate, California Governor Ronald Reagan. Explains Texas Senator John Tower: "Having gone through the debacle of 1964 with Barry Goldwater, we were not going to be lemmings again." Moreover, according to Tower, "we received certain assurances from Nixon. So we felt that his inclination would be in our direction, even though he was never really regarded...
Many conservative officeholders agree with North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms that "conservatives will make a serious error if they advocate that a President, if he is truly innocent, resign to appease a hostile press or even a majority of his countrymen." Senator Tower declares that for Nixon to resign when there are only "allegations of circumstantial evidence" against him would do "irreparable damage to the presidency." California's Reagan describes Buckley's call as "a little curve in the road," a departure from proper conservative ideology...
...Intrusion. In the show are illuminated manuscripts from the 8th century to about 1510. A German chronicle about events from the creation of the world to the death of Charlemagne includes an illustration of a giant Nimrod directing the construction of the Tower of Babel. Even in the compass of a page, Nimrod stands huge and commanding beside the rising tower. In the magnificent Book of Hours painted for Catherine of Cleves about 1440, there is a wildly imaginative image of the Mouth of Hell-three gaping bestial jaws flanked by towers, with sinners and demons scrambling about...
...hairiest thing we have ever done. The moving of people is just so scary. The seven towers are single units-the five center ones are cranked by hand-two men in each tower. Gravity is the thing. Rows of boats without tracks. They run like hell on cue. Boat No. 5 is always late-more weight on that one. The ghosts are in the prow. It's early Halloween to make that one work. Three of us run the show. There are two of me and the third runs the supers...