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Message no. 1
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 01:40:39 -0500
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon passed away this evening from
complications resulting from a major stroke he suffered earlier this
week.

Dispite being a fairly staunch liberal, I personally have a tremendous
amount of respect for Nixon. If you set aside Watergate (which I
personally believe was blown out of proportion, and really wasn't any
worse than any other president, before or after Nixon, had done, he was
jsut unlucky enough to get caught), Nixon was one of the greatest
peacemakers of the latter 20th century, and as recently as last month was
still the peacemaker, visiting Russia in the wake of their first free
elections.

It is a shame that history will only remember Nixon for Watergate, and as
the first (and so far only) U.S. president to ever resign the office,
because it overshadows the many other things he and his administration in
the light of the cold-war of the early seventies, and his post-presidency
activities.

Nixon was 81.

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Message no. 2
From: Egil Geir Brautaset <egilbra@***.UNIT.NO>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 14:19:00 +0200
Didn`t Nixon end the united states involvement in Vietnam?

My knowledge of US politics are very scarce.

-- Egil <egilbra@***.unit.no>
Message no. 3
From: "David L. Hoff" <DLHOFF@****.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 09:17:00 CDT
>Didn't Nixon end the united states involvement in Vietnam?

Yes. He did. When he became president, there were a few hundred thousand
US soldiers operating in or around Vietnam. he was the president who brought
them home.

--Dave
Message no. 4
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 09:29:50 -0500
Rest in peace.
Message no. 5
From: Matt <mosbun@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 10:57:38 -0500
>Didn`t Nixon end the united states involvement in Vietnam?

Yep. "Surrender with honor", or somesuch. He also opened relations between
the U.S. and China, and I believe did some fancy economic footwork to pull us
out of a recession.
I wasn't alive during Nixon's time, and due to an abnormality in the teaching
of U.S. history, I never really had much chance to look at much past WWII.

>My knowledge of US politics are very scarce.

Count yourself lucky. There's slightly less backstabbing and plotting here
than in the Tir, but not much. (See? See, Rob? This _IS_ SR related... :) )


Matt
Message no. 6
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 11:07:31 -0700
Egil asked:

>>Didn`t Nixon end the united states involvement in Vietnam?

Yes, but not until dragging it out through this first term and exculating the
war by bombing both Cambodia and Laos.

>>My knowledge of US politics are very scarce.

This is hirtory, not politics. On the political and presidential level, Nixon
was a genius. Unfortunately for his the price of genius was paranoia so great
that he destoryed himself.

Still, Nixon was a great president. I'm glad that he may now go and be with
his wife, Pat.

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Message no. 7
From: Doc_X <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 19:41:43 -0400
On Sat, 23 Apr 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> Former U.S. President Richard Nixon passed away this evening from
> complications resulting from a major stroke he suffered earlier this
> week.

Mr. Nixon was a great diplomat and his death will be mourned.

Doc_X
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Message no. 8
From: Egil Geir Brautaset <egilbra@***.UNIT.NO>
Subject: Re: RIP: Richard M. Nixon
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 12:22:57 +0200
On Sat, 23 Apr 1994, Jason Carter, Nightstalker wrote:

[first part deleted]

> >>My knowledge of US politics are very scarce.
>
> This is hirtory, not politics. On the political and presidential level, Nixon
> was a genius. Unfortunately for his the price of genius was paranoia so great
> that he destoryed himself.
>

I am not very good at history either. I know the high points, of course,
but then, who doesn't.


[rest deleted]


-- Egil <egilbra@***.unit.no>

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