...president's men, a phrase that would later be a book title describing the circle of corrupt advisers surrounding Richard Nixon's presidency, are beginning to jump the loyalty ship that had surrounded President Barack Obama during his first...
One of The Washington Post reporters that brought down Richard Nixon has been warned by a "very senior" White House person that if he continued to blast the president he, the reporter, would...
...treasures and can't legally be sold in the U.S. Minnesota's moon rocks disappeared sometime after then-President Richard Nixon gave them to the state, along with a state flag that was carried on the mission. Joseph Gutheinz, a University of...
...consumed to who we spotted across the restaurant.No one understood the value of image better than Kennedy, who defeated Richard Nixon in 1960 by a mere 100,000 votes out of 68 million cast, in part because he was surpassingly telegenic compared to...
Last Sunday, we lost former U.S. Sen. George McGovern. Although many will recall his disastrous 1972 loss to Richard Nixon and his subsequent leadership in getting us out of Vietnam, his truly lasting legacy will be his war on hunger and...
...state in every election since 1976. That's nine in a row, a Democratic streak unmatched anywhere in the country. Richard Nixon was the last Republican to come out on top, in 1972. That history was one reason Mitt Romney seemed ready to concede...
...Alaska as our number two oil producing state. Visions of our energy independence, proclaimed by presidents since Richard Nixon, dance before us. The reality is that while North Dakota's 570,000 barrels/day is a lot, it is only 3 percent...
...was looking to grab Minnesota's 10 electoral votes for a second time. No Republican has carried Minnesota since Richard Nixon in 1972. Voters said Tuesday that the economy, health care, and foreign policy issues weighed heavily as they made...
...any serious discussion of immigration reform - is in fact more tightly controlled than at any time since President Richard Nixon's first term. Now here's a suggestion: Wouldn't it be novel if Republicans, who are at least partly responsible...
...incident represents, I can tell you. The term "gate" (Watergate, remember?) brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon. Since that time it has been used to conjure up pictures of people doing what they please because, somehow, they...
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