Word: grubbiest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sure, these 33 hours or so of recorded talks are a minuscule fraction of Richard Nixon's presidential conversations?and, one can only hope, the grubbiest fraction. The transcripts might not necessarily be representative of the way he always conducts business; the language and tone may be loftier and more dignified when he confers with, say, Henry Kissinger or other officials. Despite the indecipherable passages and inelegant language, however, the transcripts yield an absorbing insight into the inner workings of Nixon's White House and of the President's mind. Some noteworthy examples follow...