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...hope that the tragic and unfortunate incident will strengthen the determination of all the nation's campuses, administrators, faculty, and students alike, to stand firmly for the right which exists in this country of peaceful dissent and just as strongly against the resort to violence as a means of such expression...
When a newsman asked Ziegler if Nixon's resort to violence in Cambodia might have had something to do with the students' anger, Ziegler took offense. "The president made clear in his speech Thursday that the objective of the action along the Cambodia--South Vietnamese border is to bring a peaceful conclusion to the conflict," he explained...
...sense the committee's historic action-it was the first resort by the House to a subpoena for evidence from a President in an impeachment inquiry-was more symbolic than practical. Although the committee was on solid legal ground in issuing the subpoena, it has no effective way to enforce it. If Nixon chooses not to honor it fully, the committee can seek a citation against him from the House for contempt of Congress. While ordinary citizens can be imprisoned for such contempt, the only effective recourse for the House in the case of a President apparently would...
...when the nation itself is in a period of profound social turmoil--as in the years of our impeached but unconvicted president, Andrew Johnson, and now--any challenge to even the temporary power holders seems to threaten disaster. Clearly, the Founding Fathers intended impeachment to be a last resort, but just as clearly did they distinguish between president and presidency, and between a president and the kings whose oppression they had suffered. Hamilton writes in the Federalist Papers that...
...bomb hidden in an abandoned truck exploded, shattering a large part of Royal Avenue, Belfast's main shopping thoroughfare. What particularly annoyed shopkeepers was that the Provos had twice within three weeks slipped through military checkpoints to plant smaller bombs in the same area. Later, in the seaside resort town of Bangor, Proves eluded door guards to set off fire bombs in four stores, causing at least $12 million in damages. Bombs planted in cars also went off in Lisburn and Antrim, leaving sections of these towns looking like World War II battlegrounds...