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Similarly in the House, political bookmakers have already drastically reduced their dire forecasts of a Republican slaughter. There are likely to be some unseated Republicans, while several strong G.O.P. Congressmen retired rather than face the voters in the midst of the Watergate imbroglio. But estimates of losses, which ran as high as 80 or 100, have been scaled back down to 20 or 30. Among those favored by Nixon's resignation are the Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee who voted for impeachment-like Railsback of Illinois and Butler of Virginia. Nixon defenders like Sandman and Maraziti, both...
With Haig's backing, St. Clair braced Nixon. Stressing the dire dangers, legal and political, in withholding the damaging information any longer, the lawyer urged its release. Implicit in St. Clair's appeal was the threat that he would have to resign from the Nixon defense if his advice was not taken. Fatalistically, Nixon finally concurred. "What's done is done," he said...
...magnitude of the rise came as a shock to Government officials. John Stark, executive director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, said that it "has dire implications for the consumer price index." He fears that it will "accentuate future wage demands" by workers who can see the buying power of their paychecks going down...
...want to look too far into the future. But at the Geneva talks we insisted that Turkey should not be expected to withdraw forces now or stop reinforcing them. The reason is that we have learned from dire experience over the years that our military presence is necessary if we are to contribute to establishing constitutional order in Cyprus as well as maintaining the safety of the Turkish Cypriots. And we have to keep troops there as long as necessary-until we can feel sure about Cyprus. To reach that stage, there must be mutual confidence, on the island...
...Whenever our harmony and peace were confronted with dire threat, we Koreans have manifested the wisdom of risking our own lives for the defense. Here lies the secret of our cultural glories down the ages...