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...computer programs written by the Library of Congress for information storage and retrieval, one of the most interesting and little emphasized aspects of the investigation, becomes part of the Watergate story in Dash's book. After all the documentary evidence was catalogued, Dash was able to press a button and have a print-out of, for example, all testimony about the March 23, 1973, meeting between Dean and Nixon. Or he could have all the evidence relating to transactions between McCord and the comic ex-New York cop, Tony Ulasewicz. Access to this kind of this information must have been...
Plains did not go completely for the man who put it on the map: the final tally was 481 Carter, 99 Ford. For those 99-and in Plains anybody who doesn't wear a Carter button is suspect-life may now be a bit chilly. "I just don't understand it," said a shopkeeper. "Jealousy, I suppose." Said the storekeeper next door: "I couldn't vote for somebody just because he lived here...
...blacks to membership. June Turner, wife of a deacon who opposes this change, talked about the agony to come, and tears slipped from her eyes. Without speaking his name, she blamed Jimmy Carter for pushing their church "into the spotlight, for putting it into politics." She wore no Carter button. Plains has produced a new President for the '70s, but is still fighting a battle...
...Zappa gets up from his rocking chair--his belly button is exposed (an innie, I think), and he's not wearing any underwear under those tight bell-bottoms (woo, woo)--he puts on a stylish coat, turns off the lights in his room (except one to keep the crooks out), and leaves...
...think we've played well enough to win some games," Ford said Thursday. One can almost imagine the faint outline of a tarnished "WIN" button pressing against the lapel of his sport coat from an inside pocket...