NIXON RICHARD M. NIXON 1913 - 1994 Republican, 37th President, "No Crook" Richard Milhous Nixon became a public figure in 1948. Back then he was a congressman and a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The occasion? The investigation of former State Department ...
U.S. President Richard Nixon extends his arms and fingers in a “V” sign as is wife Pat smiles at his side in limousine taking them along the inaugural parade route in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1973.AP Photo The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merel...
Now that, my friends, is not Nixon speaking, but that's an independent audit which was requested, because I want the American people to know all the facts, and I am not afraid of having independent people go in and check the facts, and th...
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11. Adams: Nixon in China Initially, I thought this piece by John Adams was a gimmick, but I saw it performed in concert by the Phoenix Symphony under Michael Christie and it blew me away. As no other contemporary work for the opera stage, this has joined the repertoire. (Did anyone ...
Frank Nixon, was born in Ohio. His mother died when he was only 7, and he left home when he was only 14. He went from town to town doing odd jobs and eventually made his way to California where he met his future wife, Hannah. Nixon 's mother 's side of the family was originall...
He ends the paragraph by appealing to emotion in the way he compliments his wife by claiming he always lets her know “she’d look good in anything.” The only gift Nixon admits taking is a dog named Checkers. He explains that the gift was for his children and claims to be a victim ...
With his wife sitting stoically nearby, Nixon offered an apologetic explanation of all of his finances, including the now-famous lines regarding his wife's "respectable Republican cloth coat" and the tale of a little dog named Checkers given as a present to his young daughters. "...I want ...
the Roman Empire, tax was often monetary. Under Julius Caesar, for instance, a 1 percent sales tax was introduced. And at an early date, a 5 percent inheritance tax was created — later raised to 10 percent — although applied on only what was left after bequests to wife and children....
Nixon met his wife, Thelma Catherine Patricia “Pat” Ryan, when the two played opposite one another in a community theater production. He and Pat were married on June 21, 1940, and had two children: Tricia (born in 1946) and Julie (born in 1948). World War II On December 7, 1941,...