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    "ocrText": "6\nParaphrasing Hemingway's descripton of a \"real man¹ as someone\nwho can \"act w/grace under pressure, 11 Hearst says both VP and HAK\nhave that quality. 11 As history watches and \"w/so much at stake, 11 the\nVeep's maintained \"his usual cool and collected sense of dignity and\nconviction\" and has \"remarkable self-discipline. 11 Noting \"all that\nVP ever dreamed of doing is now in jeopardy\" and \"already he's guilty\nin eyes of millions, 11 Hearst laments, \"This is by far the most damaging\nresult of W'gate hysteria -- this erosion of US justice which traditionally\nhas presumed any person innocent til proven guilty. \" He wnders if VP\ncan get a \"fair judicial hearing\" and, suggesting House \"could resolve\nthe matter quickly, 11 Hearst believes MCs \"have the obligation\" to grant\nVP's requested probe.\nBoston Herald Advertiser's Sloyan notes GOP Beall is \"hot on the\nheels\" of VP, \"but those pressing charges are a band of youthful Dems\nfor most part. 11 Reporting that in Balt. legal circles Beall is con-\nsidered an \"'inexperienced' prosecutor w/a tiger by the tail, 11 Sloyan\nsays \"the man who unleashed that tiger and created history, in an even\nyounger Boston man who cut his teeth on indigent cases, viewed VN war\nas obscene and was a member of Muskie's campaign staff -- Barney\nSkolnik. Many in those Balt. legal circles \"believe Beall couldn't\npursue VP w/out Skolnik's skill. 11 Writer notes, Skolnik worked under\nthen US Atty. Sachs, who as private lawyer now represents Fornoff who is\n\"providing key evidence\" against VP. Sloyan quotes another Balt. lawyer\nas saying, \"I wouldn't want Skolnik and that crew after me. They've changed\nthe rules of the game in Md. while the game was still going on. \"\nOstrowidzki of Hearsttreports Rocky's told friends he thinks RN will\nchoose JBC if VP resigns, but Rocky also \"made it known if RN were to\noffer him the job, he'd grab it. 11 Additionally, Rocky \"no longer makes\nit a secret he's determined\" to make WH bid in '76.\nPhillips says \"W'gate-cum-VP Syndrome is driving home unhappy\ntruth that US is increasingly becoming a giant Banana Republic. Here\nin DC one can see the beginnings of political narcosis\nConservatives\nlaugh at RN stories and libs laugh at Chappy stories. 11 Hill is trying\nto \"duck\" VP investigation and it's \"almost as \"leery\" re: impeachment\nproceedings. And, says Phillips, \"they should be. Once 435 MCs start\ninvestigating allegations\" re: VP, MCs' practices and standards \"also\nbecome fair game. And very fewoof them are anxious to invite close\nscrutiny of their own past. Yet that's exactly what will happen if House"
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