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Show The W salt Lake Tribune, Safin day. May 1!) 1973 illiam Safire Nixon Knows All About the Pendulum New Nork Times hen iu Nine SEW YORK Piercing through a couple of floors of the Smithsonian Insti tution's Museum of History and Technology m Washington Ls a' great pendulum. ? To tourists and sci-- " entists. its long, slow swings demonstrate the motion of the earth, but to politicians it symbolizes the y.,n ,ui f' Hairy GukhcaU--r 1!1.v Mnu icons as the embodi mentor ml in your uts you know lie s nuts, thi y said, ami ho leceived the worst Tnum mg smie lf Landon loduy, because ,,f his personal piobity, his good humor ,n defeat the discreditation oi Ins ipponents ano the tact that he is no threat, Goldwater has become the liberals lav onto conservative b- 7 calmer like a man woo Im bum cem-talenses 'lineo months ago. he bestrode the eutli like a colossus tieatnu b s cu-Ht- 111 Rocky Rebounds longtime detiaclois with a delighted vindictiveness Iodav. In s down iheie again, picking up the pieces ot Us liav e had our l ps and downs in lite, but few of Us huu ically ridden the giant pendulum back and forth We think ot our limes as Mils week not tins year, and ceitamly not in Similarly, Nelson Rockefeller, whose finest hour came in defiance of the r wa- - seen four conventioneers years ago as a man without a national future. Now we aie looking at a man with real possibilities as he tlings down Hie gauntlet to dope pii'hers and qualfs large draughts from the fountain of youth mexora-mlit- y Most tour-yea- terms r Gold-wate- of change in public opinion. Five years ago Sen. Edward Kenwas widely regarded to be the Demnedy ocrat most likely to be President Four year ago he was considered to be washed m the lists, vigorup Today he is back ously denouncing Watergate, Hall of Mirrors are bedazzled by the hall of mirrors that is the media New papers compete to extract the widest headline from We an unfolding story Newsmagazines reflect the hysteita and put out excited pi ess releases on Sunday about wliat will in them own pages the next week appear decade ago, Richaid ion was Television iepoits on the reports ol the groping around the flour tor the pieces ol reports The lad in magazine covers is a and Current Swing Near Limit - i -t It n i vc bo vue iiuiii ic lud bv iVU.iiC llv li -- ub nt s oh n. tom to old It, uni- - - a p.at ot ch.il with ini-le- d Hi lesson whv in w penple an' not iieing to out'll in now '1 he m.iior pait however is to avut the appi.i into of rout with row laces seeming to sace the That - al-- o pnmanlv whv Ilesident the President s cutics me ch mainline tii'sli tioops and dc'nouiuing tin gime ot musical chairs it - a good wav of get ting the President to admit not only a lapse ot attention, but a fundamental imsiudgnieni ot people n on a photograph ot a statue of a collage ot a subnet. as if uni"u'.c. lions itself wanted to ti.uk oM ei e moie step from reality win n c" at- - o ovc poi-o- c i.tp ul!v To a man who I,.,-- mlch n the (omiu as long as Richard Nixon, the na. depression, seem delight ,nd gini-mconcern that foim the amalgam ol public opinion tmlav can be viewed with a certain resigned perspective The eiders fiom the command post aie to retreat m good urdei, taking euro not to let the necessary vutluiiawal urn mt a , lum fo e rout an L)t truM take Reside- - tacc-taki- Critic-compla- la- W Nut Guilty ol t rime la- experience a- - an old pin eluium uder the' President has another leason lot his peace at the center' He knows what he did not know He knows he was not guiliv of a cum.' and the worst that can be piovcd is misplaced hat is uuy we do not sec new the place ol men wnu had to be dropped or who left m a huiry this is only a u -- battle But the President want- - to show the n.dion he appointed a lot of trustworthy people m 1 Dr. in . Urn Oral Hygienes One Factor For Fight Against Halitosis Foul breath (halitosis) can put a crimp in our social life. However, poor dental hygiene is not the only cause of the disagreeable symptom. It may also stem from infection, allergy, or an abnormality, often far from the mouth. For example, a liver dis- indol. Those with a fecal impaction, ... at least the house Louis M.Kohlmeir Wiretapping Gets Louder All Time The Chicago Tnbune International Secunty Service says it refuses to bug or tap for customers, but is sure some other detective agencies will do it for a prme. In the tidy little world of law and order, there are two kinds of tapping and bugging: legal and illegal. If Watergate proves anything thus far, it is that the tidy little world is a myth. Burns WASHINGTON Tapping people's telephones and hiding electronic microphones in their homes ami offices are rapidly growing enterprises in America. That may seem something less than startling news, in light of the Water- DiiiiagiVh People gate bugging. Watergate is not the er FBI agents and state and local police last year, without knowledge cr permission of the persons under surveillance, installed nearly half again as many telephone taps and electronic bugs as in 1971 and five times as many as in 1970, according to a document that was filed with Congress a few days ago and lost amidst the Watergate headlines. The FBI also engages m unreported and presumably police do too The Republican operatives at Watergate reportedly bugged others, including news reporters. Sen. Barry Goldwater claims the Democrats engaged m bugging How do we know it isn't an American agent disguised as a Pepsi machine? Bernstein on Words By Theodore M. Bernstein Facts are faets. A columnist wrote that executive secrecy makes it impossible for Congress to find the true facts, and John J. McGowan of Riverside, Calif , asks whether there is any justification for the phrase true facts. The answer is very little. Facts are actualities, realilies, certainties, and there can he no such thing as false facts. Jargon. If a library received some books in a bequest, youd think the books we acquired or obtained. That's what youd think. But libraries think they were aoressionecl Which proves, apparently, tliait every field of human endeavor has to have its cvn jargon. Prof. 0. G. Ludwig of Villanova entity writes that he finds the verb Uni-- v acc- use for well essioned, which has bee.i out four decades, Infelicitous-soundinBut he was Bwmfied recently to read m the press lh:.tf New York's Metropolitan some Museum of Ait had of its holdings, and you can hardly blame him It's true that the prefix de-- , according to Webstars unabndged dictionary, second edition, is now freely used as a living prefix to form words that mean the undoing or reversing of an action. g But why attach a negative prefix to a positive verb hr form a clumsy word, when it is quite possible to use a simple, duect word and say that the museum sold the holdings or traded them or, if it is wished to cover both ideas. dRpoxed of Hum' sounds like a word Legal eavesdropping consists of bugs and taps installed by FBI agents and police, on authority of court warrants, to investigate a limited list of crimes, including gambling, homicide and bribery. All other bugging and tapping of U.S. citizens is illegal and punishable by five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. that should be e top-po- t, -- V mi it will I lie j me ot gold will go up tome down the stock market will some Dc'iimeiut with a suitcase full ol cash will be exposed the Mels will win Ihe set ns a new tint Hurg will sine the headlines and public boietiom wli help stabilize the dup ol stale bv proving orne again that it is always darkest the yawn Nixon the nun who invented modern political survival, will sin vice, and Hrash his term in a hi centennial glow prac-tieall- The riesident could - -- ed this pine ess by gettn .; some pei'pccMve on his Ii s Kipling did not say perspective you can keep vnur hi ad wlu all othus about you aie losing theirs perhaps you dont undi island the serin ness ot the The usual Nixon tactic' wlnn situation the pendulum is lar out on Us latest ait is to lean back in hard exuding mnli dmee, dismissing scandd as n unlortu mile incident, countirpimilnng ,d excessive charges that oltend the spirit of fair ness i Grabbed, Turned Vriow fur example, some ( alumina newspaper charged the President with stealing campaign nn.Js to pay tor hm house in San Clemente, the White House but the use of a pulsating water ueviee and dental floss Good gargles can be chose to publicize the charge and make a big deal out of proving it wiong Tile purchased at the drug store, but the least expensive is prepared by mixing a time for that kind of tactic has passed Far more powerful forces air gathei teaspoonful of salt in a glass of water deProlonged mouth breathing may also ing to dispel what is semiannually be associated with foul breath. Nasal scribed as the crisis of confidence by who never know quite obstruction from swollen turbinates, commentators en'arged adenoids, polyps, or an allergic how to describe the limes when condition is the basic cause. These must is not in crisis When nobody can be corrected because prolonged mouth prove the President culpable, when the anti Nixon brigade gets too strident and breathing tends to dry out the normal secretions which, in turn, invites infecstimulates a reaction; when world leadtion ers meet and peace and secunty are factored into the Nixon equation; then we Sore Throat will see these days as a strange, dark Everyone is familiar with the unpleasant odor associated with a sore throat, interlude in the midst of prosperous, tonsilitis, and a congested nose, is a peacemaking times, and the Watergate strain as a curable virus m a strong rule, this is temporary, but it might linger in persons with a chronic infection of body When, these parts. Nasal irrigations with saline solution or Argysol (5 percent solution) drops may be most helpful. In many instances, a postnasal dnp, which leads to hacking, coexists. Smoking usually aggravates these conditions. Alcohol may di the same by increasing the congestion. Too much bubbly usually is responsible for the nasal obstruction and raspy throat the morning after the night before. e Someday the pendulum at the Smithsonian might smash through the wall and keep on going m one direction, but it is a safer bet that the pendulum will keep swinging back, and that the people who lightly bandy about words like impeachment will be ashamed of themselves, as always, will and the doomsayers, hav e to recalculate their dire predictions and move back the date of the end of the w"rM (Copyright) Watergate proves that bugging and tapping cannot be nicely controlled and that their usefulness is too high a public pnee to pay for the inherent evil and potential danger. Nixon and Mitchell themselves proved long before Watergate that the distinction betw een legal and illegal eavesdropping is a myth. They bugged and tapped political dissenters without reference to the 1968 laws list of crimes, and without getting court warrants. ecfrophonic presents HALL CONC SOUND ... in this ElectrophonicGarrard deluxe series 200-wa- tt (IPP) home entertainment system. Discover it today in ZCMI Major Appliances. Nixon Act Illegal Last June, at the very tune the Watergate bugging was being planned and executed, the Supreme Court held the practice illegal. Nixons court appointees joined In the unanimous decision voicing the larger danger of even when government surveillance, employed under judicial superv lsion. Complete with AMFMFM radio with built-i- n automatic stereo tape player. With FET circuitry and IC's, professional Garrard record changer with ck Nixon-Mitche- ll Word oddities. A dozen second-gradyoungsters of Pme Run School m New Britain, Pa., became interested in a recent one of these columns about palisentences that read the same ndromes backward as forward (Madam, Im Adam). Now they write to ask the name for a word that reads forward as one word and backward as a different was-saone knits stink, One author says such a word pets-stewas originally called an anagram, but now is known as a reversal, a reversion or an inversion. Well, these days an anagram means a rearrangement of letters to make another word for instance, angered rearranged into enraged So that won't do The three other words don't appear m any dictionary with the meaning we are looking for, and anyway they are not specific enough. A couple of big dictionaries have the word ananyrn, which looks promising They define it as a name written backward, but it could also be used to mean a word that reads backward as well as forward because It comes from the Greek roots ana, meaning backwaid, and onym, meaning name or word. So lets settle for ananyrn unless someone comes up with a more authentic term. As a finale, those Pennsylvania youngsters ask what the longest ananyrn would be. Thats a tough one. The only fairly long one that comes to mind quickly is reviled deliver. -' That is the tidy little world Congress tried to create in 1968 with the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. Wouldnt Play Game Ramsey Clark, the liberal Democrat who was attorney general at the time, refused to use the authority. Richard Nixon and his campaign manager, John Mitchell, blasted Clark. After Nixon and Mitchell took over, legal use of taps and bugs began to mount, particularly in the drive against organized crime. Watergate does not prove Nixon or Clark right. Official, legal eavesdropping has helped to catch some crooks. whole story, howev- eavesdropping acute dilatation of the stomach, or peritonitis. have a breath that resembles boded cabbage But, in most instances, bad breath stems from the nose, throat or mouth. Decaying teeth and unhealthy gums are culprits. Natural or artificial lvones may also trap food particles w hen the teeth are not brushed after meals Food Catchers A small pocket on the back of the tongue may do the same Crypts in the tonsils also are food catchers If the trapped food ferments, the breath may become somewhat ollensive This is why good oral hygiene is crucial. Many dentists not only stress brushing, well-know- n is paid for! pa- which w whv he can contulsMitlv the aMitude tint This, too shill conli-denc- order may create an odor resembling Oh, well lift cueing control, diamond stylus and dust cover. Equipped auxiliary panel for remote speaker systems. Elegant walnut finish paneling. The decision, two days after the Wabreak-m- , declared: There is a this that uneasiness capability will be used to intrude upon cherished citizens. privacy of tergate deep-seate- d g Mitchells and Nixons claims that they did not approve the Watergate bugs are irrelevant. Approved or not, Watergate was a short step from their declared beliefs and practices. now only Called Uncontrollable It is easy to say that if Nixon had not been such an enthusiastic man, Watergate would not have happened. It also is a fact that the Watergate defendants have been indicted and convicted for violation of the 1968 law. save $80 More than that, however, Watergate demonstrates that bugging and tapping are, by their nature, secretive, boundless and uncontrollable. The 850 legal taps and bugs reported last year alone listened in on a private conversations. Each, on average, operated 22 days and overheard 600 conversations. Add Watergate and all the other illegal bugging, Government and private, and the growth of eavesdropping m America becomes frightening half-millio- n indeed X SALT LAKE COTTONWOOD cm: VALLEY FAirt OGDEN UNIVERSITY MALL V |