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Leon Jaworski
JAWORSKI, LEON Leon Jaworski, like richard m. nixon, came from a poor, deeply religious background. In the watergate scandal, Jaworski's rise to national prominence almost seemed to parallel Nixon's descent. Watergate is the name given to the scandal that began with the bungled burglary in June... Read more |
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Cooper-Church Amendment
Cooper‐Church Amendment (1970).During the Vietnam War, President Richard M. Nixon on 30 April 1970 ordered American and South Vietnamese troops to invade Cambodia in order to attack North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front sanctuaries. Nixon defended his action as necessary to carry... Read more |
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Paris Peace Agreement
Paris Peace Agreement (1973).The “Agreement on Ending War and Restoring Peace to Vietnam,” signed in Paris, 27 January 1973, concluded America's direct military participation in the Vietnam War. Following a decade of conflict and abortive negotiations, only in October 1972 did North... Read more |
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Edward Hirsch Levi
LEVI, EDWARD HIRSCH Edward Hirsch Levi served as U.S. attorney general from 1975 to 1976. A prominent and respected lawyer, scholar, and teacher, Levi became attorney general following the watergate scandals and the resignation of President richard m. nixon. Levi helped to restore respect and... Read more |
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Benign Neglect
Benign Neglect BIBLIOGRAPHY The concept of benign neglect was coined by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) in a January 1970 memo to President Richard M. Nixon while he served as the latter’s Urban Affairs counselor. The widely circulated memo, which w... Read more |
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Obstruction of Justice
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE What brought down President Richard Nixon was not any involvement in planning the burglary of the Democrat National Committee's Watergate offices but his efforts, while president, to obstruct the investigation of that crime. In this instance, as in many others, Nixon's effort... Read more |
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Gerald Rudolph Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford 1913-2006, 38th president of the United States (1974-77), b. Omaha, Nebr. He was originally named Leslie Lynch King, Jr., but his parents were divorced when he was two, and when his mother remarried he assumed the name of his stepfather. Admitted to the Michigan bar in 1941, he... Read more |
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Whittier
Whittier city (1990 pop. 77,671), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; in an oil area; inc. 1898. Mainly residential, it has food processing and plants that manufacture transportation equipment; machinery; clay, steel, paper, metal, and rubber products; elevators; consumer goods; electronic and... Read more |
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Elliot L. Richardson
RICHARDSON, ELLIOT LEE Elliot Lee Richardson had a distinguished career in government service, including holding four different cabinet positions—the first person in U.S. history to do so. He was best known, however, for his brief tenure as U.S. attorney general under President richard m.... Read more |
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Office of Management and Budget
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB), established by executive order in 1971 when President Richard M. Nixon issued his Reorganization Plan 2. The Plan created the OMB as part of the reorganization of the Bureau of the Budget, the agency within the Executive... Read more |
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Room for improvement Gordon Ramsay's taken over the grand...
...I haven't. I'm more Ready, Steady...on. Then we were visited by a different assistant...him anything. When Nixon first saw the Great...all, does it? In Nixon's defence, I would...he winked. He then revisited halfway through our... |
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In new book, son of reputed spy remembers his dad as a tender, loving parent.
...a darn fine Richard Nixon imitation...scandal. The Nixon performance...said. "I'm not a student...acknowledging Chambers visited the Hiss home...years ago, Hiss revisited the Lewisburg...meeting with Nixon: ... |
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SNEED
...Answer: "I'm not sure, but she...the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, died...former President Richard Nixon as a member even...Oh, well. Elvis revisited . . . Vroom! Vrooooooom...s daughters have visited his chateau. She... |
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GRAZING IN CHICAGO Masekela's mellow horn calls up storm of memories
...Masekela When: 8 p.m. ThursdayWhere...was in upheaval. Richard Nixon was running for...Revival." Kuti first visited America during that...It Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud." Masekela...his homeland, he ... |
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DRUGS WOULD FINISH WOODS; U.S. can handle sex and lies... but they won't...
...honoured at T-Bonez is Richard M. Nixon. Let nobody say America...is not an option. 'I'm afraid to boo him,' said...Vanity Fair would not be revisited. Woods did not get off...enhancing drugs. Galea visited Woods at his ... |