Word: trusts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States...
...insurance were doled on the basis of loyal support. Moses's opponents were ruthlessly blacklisted. His own brother--whose existence he never publicly acknowledged--was refused work as the qualified engineer he was because Moses had conceived a grudge against him. As the guardian of his brother's trust funds, Moses saw to it that he hardly received a cent from the family millions...
...basic truth remains that when all the facts were brought to my attention I insisted on a full investigation and prosecution of those guilty. I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a president. I trust that as the constitutional process goes forward, this perspective will prevail...
...William Simon, Presidential Economics Adviser Kenneth Rush and Presidential Assistant Alexander Haig all prevailed upon Greenspan to accept. To avoid conflicts of interest and satisfy the Senate Banking Committee, which is expected to approve his appointment, Greenspan will place all stock he owns in his firm in a blind trust over which he will have no control. Thus he faces a big financial sacrifice that will not be offset by his $42,500 salary at CEA. Profits earned by his firm while he is away will be lost to him forever-distributed to employees and charities...
What ever prompted C. S. N. & Y. to abandon such a lucrative musical trust? "We could have made a lot of money in the past four years, but the feeling between us wasn't there," admits Graham Nash, 32. According to Stephen Stills, 29, tumescent egos were responsible. "None of us were willing to give up our identities," he says. "We could have called ourselves the Eternal Spinach, but we used our names instead -it made us the Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith of rock." Crosby once belonged to the Byrds, Nash was a member of the Hollies...