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...Richard Nixon's most persistent Watergate defense themes is that he will never do anything to weaken the institution of the presidency. A study of children's attitudes toward the office by Political Scientist F. Christopher Arterton of Wellesley College indicates, however, that the Watergate scandal already has profoundly altered at least one small group of the younger generation's perceptions of the presidency...
...supposed menace, Soviet Secret Police Chief Yuri Andropov addressed the nation on television in a rare public appearance last month. "Reactionaries spend millions of dollars for intelligence and subversive services in hostile work against us," he charged. "The imperialists know we cannot be conquered militarily, so they seek to weaken the unity of the Soviet people and erode Soviet society...
There is a rhythm in the history of Watergate. Periodically, the President has managed to stem the tide of investigation and indignation, partly because of his own tactics, partly because of sheer fatigue among his critics and in the country. But inevitably something would occur to weaken his cause further, and that seemed to be happening again last week when, on Friday, the Supreme Court dealt a sharp blow to Nixon's defense. The court announced that it would take the unusual step of bypassing the circuit court of appeals in order to speed a final decision on whether...
Second, and more basic, Nixon said that he would weaken the institution of the presidency by resigning. A strong United States, he declared, requires a strong President. "I will never leave this office in a way... that would make it more difficult for future Presidents to make the tough decisions." Without resolute, independent Presidents, Nixon said, "the chance for peace and freedom to survive in the world is down the tube." Summed up Nixon: "I have to be here, and I intend to be here...
...referendum vote was a disaster for the neo-Fascists and a major setback for the church-backed Christian Democrats. The election results will likely weaken the already fragile two-month-old coalition government (Italy's 36th since the war) headed by Christian Democratic Premier Mariano Rumor. Though Rumor himself kept clear of the referendum, he will now be susceptible to pressures from his Socialist coalition partners. They might try to exploit their victory on divorce-the 1970 law was proposed by Socialist Deputy Loris Fortuna-by demanding more low-cost housing, better schools and hospitals, and increased investment...