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...beauty; it was a signal that forgiveness was in the air. The Senate Select Committee hearings are not, after all, Perry Mason redivivus, complete with dueling attorneys, surprise witnesses and sudden breakdowns. They are, instead, a series of civics lessons, a priceless course in government. With their strong undertow of show business, they are also a drama reaching back to the ancient rites...
Stroking determinedly against the Watergate undertow that imperils his survival, Richard Nixon finally moved to give his Administration a new aura of openness, experience and professionalism. With plenty of outside help, he persuaded a highly regarded political pro, Melvin Laird, to become his top domestic affairs adviser. He coaxed a superb organizer, General Alexander Haig Jr., to resign from a brilliant Army career and become White House Chief of Staff. He nominated one of the nation's most proficient law enforcement officials, Kansas City Police Chief Clarence Kelley, to head the FBI. All three will fill vacancies created...
...TIME Correspondent Spencer Davidson reconstructed the events, the Israeli raiders zeroed in on their targets with awesome precision. Two groups landed on the luxurious western edge of the city. One group raced across a wide sandy strip known as Dead Man's Beach (because of the strong undertow in front), scaled a 40-ft. embankment and rendezvoused with three of the rented vehicles. Overhead, a sign atop the Beirut International Hotel serenely went on winking its ad for the " 1,000 and One Nights" supper club. The second Israeli group splashed ashore on a narrower beach half a mile...
...attempts to save these men gave moral impetus to the American Left, and they still exert a powerful undertow in Sacco and Vanzetti, an Italian film. Sacco, a fishmonger, and Vanzetti, a shoemaker, have always been simultaneously visible and obscure, martyrs but not men. As played by Gian Maria Volonte and Riccardo Cucciolla, they are credible and pathetic-good, bewildered souls whom history has scorched by its proximity. As they watch themselves railroaded to the electric chair, they shout in anger, then grow numb, and finally reach a plane of philosophy that forgives their executioners and redeems their adopted country...
...carries its own momentum, Stone said, so that even though Nixon and Zeigler are probably sincere in insisting that the Americans pose no threat to China, "the terrible undertow of this war is that we've been moving to draw a war we can't win (guerrilla style) into a war we can (nuclear...