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Calls for Plain Talk as Watergate Language Evolves
A La Crosse Tribune column criticizes the era of evasive phrasing in Watergate hearings and argues for straightforward speech. It mocks euphemisms and long winded rhetoric used by Mitchell Ehrlichman and Haldeman, urging a return to clear English in politics.
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