aOne of his more controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. 他的一次更加有争议的行动是授予总统特赦Richard Nixon总统为他的在水门丑闻的角色。[translate] ashe had a whole world of family and concerns too 她也是有家庭和...
The ongoing OPEC oil embargo and the resulting energy shortage caused skyrocketing inflation, exacerbating the national turmoil that preceded President Nixon’s resignation following the Watergate scandal. Other major events also shaped the zeitgeist: Stephen King published his first novel, Carrie, ...
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a major American political scandal in the 1920s, involving illegal bribes paid to President Warren Harding's Secretary of the Interior for the leases to Navy petroleum reserves. The scandal, and its subsequent investigations, became a major news story, and resulted in...
aTo worry about the presidency as an institution belies the special historical situation of the watergate scandal. 要担心总统的职务作为机关掩饰水门丑闻的特别历史情况。[translate] aLoves the life 爱生活[translate] athe first year is free,and you should pay 15USD the last year. 第一年是自由的,并...
Watergate. Iran-Contra. The Torture Memos. Three outbreaks of illegality in forty years. But the last time around, President George W. Bush was not require... B Ackerman - 《Social Science Electronic Publishing》 被引量: 0发表: 2011年 The Iran-Contra Affair: A political scandal revealed Wi...
Gerald Ford served a partial term as President of the United States, following the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon resigned as he was facing likely impeachment as a result of the Watergate scandal. Gerald Ford served as President from August of 1974 until January of 1977. ...
Central to the scandal was Reagan's national security aide, Lt-Col Oliver North. Scandals have not been confined to the Republicans, however: Bill Clinton had more 'gates' than other presidents have had state banquets. In 2000, the Clintons were cleared of acting illegally over a 1980s land...
Richard Nixon's Paranoia Leads to Watergate Scandal THE BURGLARS James McCord HIS ROLE:A former CIA officer and FBI agent, McCord was one of the five burglars arrested at theWatergatecomplex, and the “chief wiretapper” of the operation. During the burglary, McCord, then security director of...
v. Nixon. Nixon had refused to comply with a subpoena from the Special Prosecutor who was investigating the Watergate Scandal. Nixon knew that he was doomed if his secret White House tapes became public. Nixon’s lawyers argued that the president “is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, ...
The Watergate Hotel (Washington, DC) THE WATERGATE HOTEL/FACEBOOK The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., is part of the broader Watergate office, hotel and residential complex. While Watergate is storied in scandal, it was known as the place where Washington and Hollywood mingled when it fi...