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Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)

Nashville now and then: Boom times and primary concerns

Adolescent mayhem or a Soviet strike? It was an open question on this morning, 60 years ago... Also: controversy over moving up the date of Tennessee's 1972 primary elections, and a who's-who of Nashville business, circa 1927
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Nashville now and then: Nixon paints the town red

Republicans rally for their man against Kennedy in '60 (story includes home-movie footage shot from within motorcade), and we dig into the past of two famed Nashville cemeteries
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Morning Links: 3 October 2007

CBRL Group files annual report, fun look at Tenn. history with NashvillePost's co-founder, local footage from Nixon's 1960 presidential campaign, and more to come...

The 'Inner Fred'

Members of Fred Thompson's inner circle are well acquainted with the full-contact sport that is a presidential campaign

Acquitted lawyer sees politics behind DoJ prosecution

UPDATED Sunday May 20, 9:27 p.m. with comments from David Raybin, attorney for Mazer
Exonerated of aiding in tax evasion, Alan Saturn says he doesn't want to believe the worst about decision made in DC to prosecute him and co-defendants -- but he can't help wondering

News analysis: Fred Thompson... President?

The Watergate lawyer-turned-senator-turned TV idol may run, but there are many questions that will have to be answered

Frist for Governor?

D.C. publication says former U.S. Senate majority leader has 2010 vision

Maddox Foundation hearing: Like a death penalty case with no morning coffee

A day in the life of the endless Maddox case: All-star legal teams fight it out in, of all places, Probate Court

Former L&C head Dudley dies

Al Gore, boy reporter

Victory for the Clinton-Gore ticket would place a Watergate-era investigative reporter within a heartbeat of the presidency. In his brief career at The Tennessean, Al Gore not only helped to clean up a corrupt local government, but also revived his political aspirations, which had been shattered by a tour of duty in Vietnam and the election defeat of his father.
[As published in the Nashville Scene, September 17, 1992]


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