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Actor uses recollections for role in ACP's 'Frost/Nixon'

...will forever remember Aug. 9, 1974."I was a 26-year-old Army specialist at the White House when (President Richard) Nixon resigned," said Engelman, who plays Col. Jack Brennan, Nixon's chief of staff, in the Aiken Community Playhouse...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2012-12-26/actor-uses-recollecti
How well do you know your presidential quotes?

...Outside the White House, however, he was known as an effective administrator. He was: A.) Herbert Hoover B.) Richard Nixon C.) John Adams D.) John Quincy Adams3. "The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-16/how-well-do-you-know-your-pre
Invisible establishment Republicans

...Republicans are anti-freedom and anti-individualistic. These are the folks who have given us such mainstream guys as Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Bush I, Bob Dole, Bush II and Mitt Romney. Which means that, indirectly, they also gave us Barack...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2012-12-09/invisible-establ
Gentleman, statesman

...presidential candidate who lost all but one state to Richard Nixon in the Electoral College in 1972. He pledged legal marijuana...Although he was a Democrat, he spoke very fondly of Richard Nixon as well as Bob Dole, with whom he worked closely to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-10-23/gentleman-statesman
How much do you know about Augusta and its famous residents?

...Sanders defeated former Gov. Marvin Griffin in 1962's Georgia gubernatorial race. Griffin blamed the loss on:A. Richard Nixon.B. Political dirty tricks.C. Astrology.D. "Some of the people who ate my barbecue didn't vote for me...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-10-06/how-much-do-you-know-about-au
Neither man won debate

...decide what he was going to have for dinner afterward.It brings me to a point of listening vs. looking. During the Richard Nixon/John F. Kennedy presidential debates in 1960, those who listened by radio thought Nixon won, while those who watched...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-10-07/neither-man-won-debate
Analysis: 'Jungle primary' could shake up Georgia voting

...entertainment trends. Remember the tax revolt Harold Jarvis launched from California and the immigration crackdown? Richard Nixon, Earl Warren, Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger also started their political careers there.Schwarzenegger...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-06-11/analysis-jungle-primary-
Snubbing scandal

...of those two reporters resulted in a feeding frenzy in the media and hearings on Capitol Hill and the resignation of Richard Nixon.Let's compare all that to the scandals of today ? and how the media have handled those.First there was Fast...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-10-25/snubbing-scandal
Romney remarks no secret

...systematically dismantle the middle class to add to the serf pool. This focus has been the mission of every president since Richard Nixon.If published, the mission statement from Nixon to Barack Obama would read as follows: Work for the rich by working...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-09-19/romney-remarks-no-secret
Meeting a decade ago set Romney on path

...Michigan governor. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in 1968, later becoming a member of President Richard Nixon's Cabinet. Romney's mother, Lenore, later was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate.It was clear early...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-08-28/meeting-decade-ago-set-romney-path