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Pructus Posted 18 years ago
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00Despite ample instances of past Government corruption, nothing can be found in 010200 history even remotely approaching the skein of events that the word Watergate 01u00no longer02u00 defines or contains. A Vice President, twice personally chosen by Nixon, forced to resign to escape jail.02br
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12blockquote 10 Yes. It is difficult. I don't get it at all.

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01cite10pructus12cite10It is difficult to understand why the underlined part, "no longer" was used..12blockquote
10 Yes. It is difficult. I don't get it at all. Are you sure this is the correct text?02br
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0In endorsing Nixon in 1972, following on his first-term achievements in foreign policy, we expressed a hope that by the end of his second term we could "salute him as a great President." Thus we come with deep reluctance to our conclusion that he must leave office. We consider the situation so unprecedented, the issue so crucial to the country, that we publish this first editorial in TIME's 50-
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0This is a tough one, but I'd venture that the Watergate is not enough to describe the whole mess:02br
00"Watergate" described basically/initially the 01b00forced entry02b00 into the Democratic headquarters, while the whole situation was much more complicated, including all those 01b00resignations02b00.02br
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01cite10pructus12cite10 We consider the situation so unprecedented, the issue so crucial to the country, that 11u10we publish this first editorial in TIME's 50-year history12u10. 12blockquote
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0I've got this commentary in another forum:02br
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00 This is confusing, therefore bad style. The problem lies in the 02br
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