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Thus in the week during which Agnew continued his ardent defense of the President, he also made his boldest declaration of independence. Though Watergate may threaten to sink him-innocent as he may be-with the rest of the Administration, he obviously is making plans to stay afloat...
...Judges, who had been watching Harvard sink in the first game, came onto the field appearing more confidence than ever of avenging their 3-2 loss at the hands of the Crimson earlier this month. Their hopes were soon dashed as Harvard combined a steady hitting performance behind the sterling, as usual, pitching of ace Roz Brayton virtually to walk off with the game and the GBL 1973 crown...
...Mitchell and H.R. Haldeman, we fell far short of reality. Perhaps Nixon was subjected to a form of presidential management that the outside world never knew and was never allowed to see. Perhaps these singularly antisocial men imposed their own withdrawal syndrome on the Oval Office, letting Nixon sink excessively into the lonely quiet that he relishes and believes he needs in order to husband his energy. Richard J. Whalen, once a Nixon campaign speechwriter and thinker, quit in disgust before Nixon entered the White House over just that issue-the specter of a President being in a "soundproof, shockproof...
That is understandable. The script pretty well maroons him in a tide of bromides about the dirty business of spying. Winner, a director whose idea of filling the frame is to put something, anything-a sink, a vase-in the foreground of every shot, makes only occasional feints toward rescuing his star. However, there is a very clever, quietly brutal assassination scene. Some estimable players-Paul Scofield, John Colicos, J.D. Cannon-are present to lend support. There is even a certain obtuse symmetry to the carnage that closes the film. ∙Jay Cocks
...Ford Foundation study of energy problems, praised the end of the import quotas but found other flaws in the message: the President did not sufficiently explore foreign policy implications the possibility of oil stockpiling or even the current shortage of gasoline. Says Freeman: "There's not much to sink your teeth into...