THINGS began to happen in Washington. After three months of cautious groundwork since the election and three weeks of intensive study and preparation since the Inauguration, the Nixon Administration signaled an end to the presidential interregnum—that period after the previous chief executive has departed and before the new one has found his pace. Though Richard Nixon remained fascinated by procedure and form, the predominant note of the week was movement. In both foreign and domestic policy, the U.S. for the first time felt the guiding hand of its new leadership.
Perhaps the most...
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