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...administration to obtain greater power while it was concurrently hiding the means of gaining that power. From the outset of the author's short-lived government experience through the Watergate stonewalling, Nixon and his boys--especially his boys, Mollenhoff suggests--utilized the tool of executive privilege out of misplaced zeal, naively blind to the processes and ethics of government. An addiction which led to their downfall...
...having a hard time in recent years. In fact, the Hearst case represents something of a comeback try for him, and he needs a convincing victory in Judge Carter's courtroom almost as badly as do Patty and the Hearsts. His problems have been a result of the same zeal that brought him his triumphs. In 1968, Bailey angrily wrote the New Jersey Governor charging that a murder prosecution of a Bailey client would be based knowingly on perjured testimony, then carelessly distributed the letter so widely that it swiftly leaked to the press. Though the client was eventually acquitted...
...thesis by examining the separate but equal doctrine that had received numerous court approvals. Scholastic separation of the races, Davis added, had "been so often and so pointedly declared by the highest authorities that it should no longer be regarded as open to debate . . . only an excess of zeal can explain the present challenge...
...their zeal to stir up consumer business, banks resorted to all kinds of gimmicks: drive-in branches, banking by mail, extended hours. Prizes ranging from alarm clocks to television sets were offered to people who opened a new savings account. They held contests and saturated the home screen with come-on promotions. Big city and regional banks also expanded into Europe, Asia and Latin America, initially in order to serve U.S.-based multinational companies but later to provide a full range of banking services...
Despite their zeal, the trustbusters have sometimes seen their decisions reversed on appeal. Their most serious setback came in 1973 when the Common Market's European Court of Justice overturned a ruling that would have forced Continental Can Co. to dispose of its European subsidiaries. The antitrust department will face another hard court fight with United Brands, which may well argue on appeal that market and shipping factors alone accounted for the price differences denounced by the department. Undismayed, Borschette is now contemplating antitrust actions against IBM and the big Swiss pharmaceutical house of Hoffmann-La Roche, both because...