biography
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| (1912– )
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| biography:
| Professor of law and solicitor general, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. A widely published expert on labour law and long-time professor at Harvard (1946–61, 1965–84), he served as solicitor general of the United States under presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson (1961–5). He became widely known as director of the office of the Watergate special prosecution force (1973), and was dismissed when he demanded that President Richard Nixon hand over possibly incriminating tapes. In 1980 he became chairman of Common Cause. |
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