Word: waked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remove the problem. And as he harries along the impeachment proceedings, he has other problems to worry about. A long agenda of important legislation looms. Congress has yet to pass an emergency energy bill to give the President broad powers to cope with the fuel shortage. In the wake of Watergate, there are bills to tighten the income tax laws and to provide federal financing for political campaigns. A trade bill is pending to give the President the power to negotiate worldwide agreements easing the flow of goods. There is rising sentiment for national health insurance. And up ahead...
TODAY I GOT a letter from the ACU. It was bad enough to wake up this morning in a 64-degree room, with four books to read for an exam tomorrow. Breakfast was lousy because they ran out of cheese Danish; the Dunster House library didn't open when it was supposed to, and the book I wanted was missing anyway. But none of that stuff mattered when I got this letter. The ACU is the American Conservative Union. Maybe it's because I keep my politics quiet; maybe it's because I wear dresses sometimes; maybe they just send...
...wake of the court-appointed panel's devastating findings, the nation once again experienced the dismay of knowing that FBI agents were back in the White House, quizzing Nixon's closest associates in a search for those who had committed a criminal act. This time the inquiry had the official sanction of Sirica, who ordered that all evidence be turned over to a federal grand jury for possible indictment. Unlike an earlier foray into the White House?shortly after the wiretap-burglary of Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate in June of 1972?the FBI agents this time...
Israelis, meanwhile, were becoming increasingly agitated over cease-fire violations by Egypt and Syria; last week three more Israeli soldiers were killed and 15 wounded. Such losses make it more difficult for Premier Golda Meir, in the wake of a national election that returned her to power with a reduced plurality, to form a new government committed to continuing negotiations. The Tel Aviv newspaper Yediot Aharonot, echoing a widespread feeling, demanded: "Why can't we react immediately to the provocation? Do we have to obtain approval from Washington to protect ourselves against murder...
...various times in his twelve-year rule, South Korea's dour President Park Chung Hee has talked about democracy -but never very convincingly. Last week he left no doubt about his true feelings, angrily cracking down on all opposing voices in the wake of widespread demands for a new, more liberal constitution to replace the repressive one he imposed on the country a little more than a year...