Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That's 85% indigestion," one Congressman japed as the mess boys carried trays of drinks and hors d'oeuvres through the White House State Dining Room. But none of the Republicans and Southern Democrats present could find fault with the host's mood. Richard Nixon could barely contain his exuberance. "It's great," the President said. "I'm glad there are so many members [of the House] who think the welfare of the country comes first...
...differentiating between marijuana and more dangerous substances like heroin, LSD and amphetamines. It also acknowledges changing public opinion by distinguishing between drug use and sales. The possession or use of marijuana would be a misdemeanor, not a felony, and the minimum penalty for conviction would be reduced from the present two years' imprisonment...
Athletic Types. Nixon and Laird originally wanted a man without military persona, someone who, unlike Lieut. General Hershey, 76, would be youth-oriented and attractive to the reformist critics of the present draft system. A couple of university presidents refused outright when approached to take the job. David Maxwell, Pennsylvania's budget director, was not interested. Then the Administration's recruiting effort turned to athletic types. Talent scouts tried to get John Pont, former head coach of Yale and now at Indiana University. Pont, who actively supported Nixon and was the President's occasional golf companion, said...
...friend to Boulder, and the two remained close-so close that Riha's attorney claims to have seen an IOU that Riha gave to Galya, which specified cancellation in the event of their marriage. The two remained friends after Riha's marriage to Hana, and Galya was present the night that Hana ran screaming from the house. Galya alone claims to know Riha's whereabouts. "He is somewhere between Montreal and Toronto," she told TIME Correspondent Champ Clark, "a summer-resort sort of place...
Like most stereotypes, these caricatures possess a certain core of validity. They also help white America contain and numb the reality of past guilt and present injustice. Most important of all, they are less and less significant. After more than a century of patience and passivity, the nation's most neglected and isolated minority is astir, seeking the means and the muscle for protest and redress. Sometimes highly educated, sometimes speaking with an articulateness forged of desperation, always angry, the new American Indian is fed up with the destitution and publicly sanctioned abuse of his long-divided people...