Word: tricia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tricia's husband Edward Cox arrived at the White House from New York to join his wife, Mrs. Nixon, Julie and David Eisenhower in the family quarters. That gathering, too, signaled the fast-approaching end of the Nixon presidency. Rumors of resignation caused banner headlines and dominated news broadcasts. The stock market rallied again, with the Dow Jones industrials rising almost 24 points. Crowds gathered along the fences surrounding the White House; mostly somber and curious, they had the quiet air of a death watch. In the House of Representatives, the gravelly voice of William ("Fish Bait") Miller startled...
Normally, the two Nixon girls lunched with their mother when they were in the White House, providing her with the only real companionship she had; in recent months Julie and Tricia saw to it that at least one of them was around to keep Mrs. Nixon company. But last Wednesday was no normal day. Joined by her husband Edward, who had hastily flown down from New York City, Tricia Nixon Cox dined in the pink and white suite that was hers before her marriage. Julie Nixon Eisenhower lunched with her husband David in the third-floor solarium, overlooking the Mall...
...past Richard Nixon's family, apparently ignorant of the contents of the fateful tapes, had been outspoken in his defense. Julie faced reporters on the White House lawn and insisted on her father's honesty. The quieter Tricia told newsmen in California that "innocence is innocence and my father is innocent!" Pat, whose composure rarely cracks, twice flashed anger at reporters for persisting in questions about Watergate. Last week all were silent. Their silence bothered some of Nixon's supporters. "What sort of man would hide things from his daughters and let them go out and defend...
...cruise, Nixon was still assuring his family that although the House was lost, he hoped for acquittal in the Senate. By Wednesday that was no longer true. That afternoon Julie walked from the White House to the Executive Office Building for a brief meeting with her father. Later, Tricia and Edward Cox and David Eisenhower called on Nixon. It was a strange performance since, after their separate lunches, the family would be together for dinner, along with Rose Mary Woods. It is possible that during those oddly formal meetings, Nixon first told the family that he was considering resignation...
...dinner was an emotional affair. His wife and daughters were united against his quitting. Nixon had always said that he would "go down to the wire constitutionally." Julie and Tricia continued to argue that he should. Usually, after such a family dinner, the Nixons would watch a movie together. Last week there was only somber discussion, then tears and embraces...