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Nixon is still, after all, the world's top statesman, in command of the most powerful military machine (which the Soviets still respect) and the most productive economic apparatus (which they want to duplicate). And Nixon last week was in his special arena. He is awfully good at summitry. He was across the table from another tough leader who has knocked his way to the top and knows the destructibility of politicians and their dreams. The press and the public were far enough away not to bother, and Nixon could spar with Brezhnev even while signaling that...
Those who heard Dean last week in the private sessions were impressed by his command of specifics and his candor. Testing him, Senator Baker asked pointed questions about three incidents in which Baker had dealt with the White House-and found Dean's version of the events precise and accurate. Whether he stands up equally well under the long ordeal of his televised testimony this week remains a question of profound significance to the whole course of the Watergate investigation-and to the political future of Richard Nixon...
Undoubtedly, Dean's career was furthered by his good looks and his command of the social graces. Detractors also suggest he was helped along by his first marriage-to Karla Hennings, the daughter of the late Senator Thomas C. Hennings of Missouri. She bore his son John IV, now 5, but the marriage ended in divorce three years ago. Last fall Dean married Maureen, a former insurance saleswoman from Los Angeles...
...talks over with her father how to handle the thorniest questions, and she has faced down more than one interviewer with the icy calm and official poise only a politician's-perhaps only a President's-daughter can so effectively command...
...Pronounced "Eye Corps." The U.S. military command divided South Viet Nam into four military regions, which were designated by Roman numerals. In G.I. jargon, the I came to be pronounced as the ninth letter of the alphabet...