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...owner Ray Ciccolo of the Boston Lobsters had wanted the best soldiers to withstand the psychic bloodletting that was scheduled to go on, he made some good picks and some bad ones. The best on paper looked to be Lobster captain and doubles player extraordinary Ian Tiriac. Tiriac was from Rumania, bad boy Ilia Nastase's doubles partner when Nasty was at his most abusive...
...revealed by the transcripts. Tennessee Senator William Brock, chairman of the Republican Senate Campaign Committee, said that Nixon has a right to a Senate trial "if he wants it, which he seems to." Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania added: "I think our nation is strong enough to withstand the functioning of its own Constitution." The Republican leaders doubtless also had in mind the possibility that Nixon could be acquitted. White House Speechwriter Patrick Buchanan warned that if Republicans forced Nixon out of office and he were later found to be innocent of wrongdoing, it "would be close...
...shipbuilding, that are benefiting from worldwide shortages. The latest wage increase follows one of 23.6% in 1973 and an average hike of 15% annually during the previous decade. Despite Japan's legendary productivity (up 20.1% in 1973), Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda claims that the economy can no longer withstand such boosts. He feels that government-imposed "flexible wage guidelines" may be necessary...
...such an understanding among officials could not be guaranteed to withstand pressure from post-Watergate public opinion, especially with trials of former presidential aides still pending. Beyond that, there is the simple maxim of never confronting today what can be put off until tomorrow. In law, delay is generally thought to favor a defendant. From a pocketbook point of view, that is particularly true for Nixon, since as President he has access to the kind of legal advice that would cost in six figures if he had to seek it privately...
Wallace's health remains a question mark. Even some supporters wonder whether he could withstand the grueling pace of a presidential campaign. Though he takes no medication, he is in considerable discomfort. "It takes me an hour to do what it used to take me 15 minutes to do," he admits. At the Governor's mansion he exercises daily in a former spare bedroom that resembles a gymnasium. He lifts a 100-lb. weight over his head as many as 80 times a day, then spends as much as an hour standing between parallel bars. "With the help...