| Name | Adam |
|---|---|
| Caption | Promotional film poster |
| Director | Max Mayer |
| Producer | Miranda De PencierLeslie UrdangDean Vanech |
| Writer | Max Mayer |
| Starring | Hugh DancyRose ByrnePeter GallagherAmy IrvingFrankie Faison |
| Music | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography | Seamus Tierney |
| Editing | Grant Myers |
| Studio | Olympus Pictures |
| Distributor | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Released | |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,200,000 |
| Gross | $2,549,605 Hugh Dancy and Mayer worked together for a month before filming began to develop Adam's character, and in preparation for his role, Dancy spoke with individuals affected by Asperger's about their feelings, sensory issues and interests. |
| Title | Alfred P. Sloan Prize Winner |
| Years | 2008 |
| Before | Sleep Dealer |
| After | Obselidia}} |
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Curtis completed a Bachelor of Arts in Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, where he studied genetics, evolutionary biology, psychology, politics, sociology and elementary statistics. Curtis taught Politics there for a time.
Curtis makes extensive use of archive footage in his documentaries. An Observer profile said:
: Curtis has a remarkable feel for the serendipity of such moments, and an obsessive skill in locating them. "That kind of footage shows just how dull I can be," he admits, a little glumly. "The BBC has an archive of all these tapes where they have just dumped all the news items they have ever shown. One tape for every three months. So what you get is this odd collage, an accidental treasure trove. You sit in a darkened room, watch all these little news moments, and look for connections."
Curtis received the Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2005. In 2006 he was given the Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television at the British Academy Television Awards. In 2009 Sheffield Doc/Fest awarded Curtis the inaugural Sheffield Inspiration Award for his inspiration to documentary makers and audiences.
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| Name | Hugh Dancy |
|---|---|
| Birth date | June 19, 1975 |
| Birth place | Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor/Model |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | Claire Danes (2009–present) |
Hugh Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English Emmy Award nominated actor and model.
In 2007, Dancy had a starring role on Broadway as Captain Dennis Stanhope in Journey's End (Belasco Theatre). He also played Aiden in the 2007 film Blood and Chocolate. He portrayed the character of Adam in the 2009 independent film Adam, a man with Asperger syndrome. Dancy also appeared in the film adaptation of the novel Savage Grace by Natalie Robins and Steven M. L. Aronson.
Hugh Dancy appeared in MCC Theater's The Pride, written by Alexi Kaye Campbell, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. This off-Broadway production was directed by Joe Mantello and co-starred Ben Whishaw and Andrea Riseborough.
His previous long-term girlfriend was UK artist Annie Morris.
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974, having formerly been the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only President to resign the office as well as the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency.
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate work at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law in La Habra. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific theater, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He was elected in 1946 as a Republican to the House of Representatives representing California's 12th Congressional district, and in 1950 to the United States Senate. He was selected to be the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party nominee, in the 1952 Presidential election, becoming one of the youngest Vice Presidents in history. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of California in 1962; following these losses, Nixon announced his withdrawal from political life. In 1968, however, he ran again for president of the United States and was elected.
The most immediate task facing President Nixon was a resolution of the Vietnam War. He initially escalated the conflict, overseeing incursions into neighboring countries, though American military personnel were gradually withdrawn and he successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam in 1973, effectively ending American involvement in the war. His foreign policy initiatives were largely successful: his groundbreaking visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he initiated détente and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union. On the domestic front, he implemented the concept of New Federalism, transferring power from the federal government to the states; new economic policies which called for wage and price control and the abolition of the gold standard; sweeping environmental reforms, including the Clean Air Act and creation of the EPA; the launch of the War on Cancer and War on Drugs; reforms empowering women, including Title IX; and the desegregation of schools in the deep South. He was reelected by a landslide in 1972. He continued many reforms in his second term, though the nation was afflicted with an energy crisis. In the face of likely impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, His mother was a Quaker, and his upbringing was marked by conservative Quaker observances of the time, such as refraining from drinking, dancing, and swearing. His father converted from Methodism to Quakerism after his marriage. he also taught Sunday school at East Whittier Friends Church, where he remained a member all his life. In 1934, he graduated second in his class from Whittier. In 1933, Nixon became engaged to Ola Florence Welch; daughter of the Whittier police chief; the two broke up in 1935. At the time, the law school was new and sought to attract the top students by offering scholarships. This high-expense approach to building a law school applied to the faculty as well, which was given high salaries; most professors had national or international reputations. Nixon later spoke about the influence of his alma mater, saying, "I always remember that whatever I have done in the past or may do in the future, Duke University is responsible in one way or another." where he worked on commercial litigation for local petroleum companies and other corporate matters as well as on wills.
By his own admission, Nixon would not work on divorce because he was "severely embarrassed by women's confessions of sexual misconduct." Nixon found the practice of law unexciting, but thought that it would gain him experience that would be beneficial in a future political career.
After a honeymoon in Mexico, the Nixons moved to Long Beach, then settled into an apartment in East Whittier a few months later.
Nixon first gained national attention in 1948 when his investigation on the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) broke the impasse of the Alger Hiss spy case. While many doubted Whittaker Chambers' allegations that Hiss, a high State Department official, was a Soviet spy, Nixon believed the allegations to be true. He discovered that Chambers saved microfilm reproductions of incriminating documents by hiding the film in a pumpkin. He was easily reelected in 1948.
In the Senate, Nixon took a prominent position in opposing the spread of global communism, traveling frequently and speaking out against "the threat." He also criticized what he perceived to be President Harry S. Truman's mishandling of the Korean War. He supported statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, voted in favor of civil rights for minorities, and supported federal disaster relief for India and Yugoslavia.
In March 1957, he visited Libya for a program of economic and military aid. Before his visit, Nixon cautioned: "There is no magic formula which will settle the differences between us, no conference at the Summit which will dramatically end world tensions. The road to peace is a long and a hard one, and if we are to stay on it, both our people and our leaders must display patience and understanding to a maximum degree."
As Vice President, he officially opened the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. His Democratic opponent was John F. Kennedy, and the race remained close for the duration.
A new medium was brought to the campaign: televised presidential debates. In the first of four such debates, Nixon was recovering from illness and, wearing little makeup, looked wan and uncomfortable, in contrast to the composed Kennedy. Nixon's performance in the debate was perceived to be mediocre in the visual medium of television, though many people listening on the radio thought that Nixon had won. There were charges of vote fraud in Texas and Illinois; Nixon supporters unsuccessfully challenged results in both states as well as nine others. Nixon halted further investigations to avoid a Constitutional crisis. Nixon and Kennedy later met in Key Biscayne, Florida, where Kennedy offered Nixon a job in his administration, an offer which Nixon declined. It recorded his political involvement as a congressman, senator and vice president and used six different crises Nixon had experienced throughout his political career to illustrate his political memoirs. The work won praise from many policy experts and critics. It also found a favorable critic in Mao Zedong, who referred to the book during Nixon's visit in 1972. Despite initial reluctance, Nixon entered the race. The campaign was clouded by public suspicion that Nixon viewed the governorship as a political "stepping-stone" to a higher office, some opposition from the far-right of the party, and his own lack of interest in being California's governor. He lost to Brown by nearly 300,000 votes. This loss was widely believed to be the end of his career; in an impromptu concession speech the morning after the election, Nixon famously blamed the media for favoring his opponent, saying, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." The California defeat was highlighted in the November 11, 1962, episode of ABC's entitled "The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon." In 1963 the family bought an apartment at 810 Fifth Avenue. This reputation was enhanced when Nixon wrote an article in Foreign Affairs entitled "Asia After Vietnam", in which he proposed a new relationship with China. and took an extended trip to South America and parts of the Middle East in 1967. He formally announced his candidacy for president of the United States on February 1, 1968.
In a three-way race between Nixon, Humphrey, and independent candidate George Wallace, Nixon defeated Humphrey by nearly 500,000 votes to become the 37th President of the United States on November 5, 1968. In response to a congratulatory message from Humphrey, Nixon said: "I have received a very gracious message from the Vice President, congratulating me for winning the election. I congratulated him for his gallant and courageous fight against great odds. I also told him that I know exactly how he felt. I know how it feels to lose a close one." He spoke about turning partisan politics into a new age of unity:
In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another, until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. The most immediate task, however, was the Vietnam War.
Name Nixon President Richard Nixon President start 1969 President end 1974 Vice president Spiro Agnew Vice president start 1969 Vice president end 1973 Vice president 2 Gerald Ford Vice president start 2 1973 Vice president end 2 1974 State William P. Rogers State start 1969 State end 1973 State 2 Henry Kissinger State start 2 1973 State end 2 1974 Treasury David M. Kennedy Treasury start 1969 Treasury end 1971 Treasury 2 John Connally Treasury start 2 1971 Treasury end 2 1972 Treasury 3 George Shultz Treasury start 3 1972 Treasury end 3 1974 Treasury 4 William Simon Treasury date 4 1974 Defense Melvin R. Laird Defense start 1969 Defense end 1973 Defense 2 Elliot Richardson Defense date 2 1973 Defense 3 James Schlesinger Defense start 3 1973 Defense end 3 1974 Justice John N. Mitchell Justice start 1969 Justice end 1972 Justice 2 Richard Kleindienst Justice start 2 1972 Justice end 2 1973 Justice 3 Elliot Richardson Justice date 3 1973 Justice 4 William B. Saxbe Justice date 4 1974 Post Winton M. Blount Post start 1969 Post end 1971 Interior Walter Joseph Hickel Interior start 1969 Interior end 1971 Interior 2 Rogers Morton Interior start 2 1971 Interior end 2 1974 Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin Agriculture start 1969 Agriculture end 1971 Agriculture 2 Earl Butz Agriculture start 2 1971 Agriculture end 2 1974 Commerce Maurice Stans Commerce start 1969 Commerce end 1972 Commerce 2 Peter Peterson Commerce start 2 1972 Commerce end 2 1973 Commerce 3 Frederick B. Dent Commerce start 3 1973 Commerce end 3 1974 Labor George Shultz Labor start 1969 Labor end 1970 Labor 2 James D. Hodgson Labor start 2 1970 Labor end 2 1973 Labor 3 Peter J. Brennan Labor start 3 1973 Labor end 3 1974 Health, education, and welfare Robert Finch Health, education, and welfare start 1969 Health, education, and welfare end 1970 Health, education, and welfare 2 Elliot Richardson Health, education, and welfare start 2 1970 Health, education, and welfare end 2 1973 Health, education, and welfare 3 Caspar Weinberger Health, education, and welfare start 3 1973 Health, education, and welfare end 3 1974 Housing and urban development George W. Romney Housing and urban development start 1969 Housing and urban development end 1973 Housing and urban development 2 James Thomas Lynn Housing and urban development start 2 1973 Housing and urban development end 2 1974 Transportation John A. Volpe Transportation start 1969 Transportation end 1973 Transportation 2 Claude Brinegar Transportation start 2 1973 Transportation end 2 1974 in Reykjavík, Iceland, 31 May 1973.]]
Vietnam War
When Nixon took office, 300 American soldiers were dying per week in Vietnam. The Johnson administration had negotiated a deal in which the U.S. would suspend bombing in North Vietnam in exchange for unconditional negotiations, but this faltered. Nixon faced the choice of devising a new policy to chance securing South Vietnam as a non-communist state, or withdrawing American forces completely. He then proposed simultaneous substantial withdrawals of North Vietnamese and American forces from South Vietnam one year after reaching a mutual agreement. He soon enacted phased U.S. troop withdrawals but authorized incursions into Laos, in part to interrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail that passed through Laos and Cambodia. Nixon's 1968 campaign promise to curb the war and his subsequent Laos bombing raised questions in the press about a "credibility gap", similar to that encountered earlier in the war by Lyndon B. Johnson. Under President Nixon, American involvement in the war steadily declined from a troop strength of 543,000 to zero in 1973. Once American support was diminished, in 1975, North Vietnam was able to conquer South Vietnam and formed one country.
Economy
Under Nixon, direct payments from the federal government to individual American citizens in government benefits (including Social Security and Medicare) rose from 6.3% of the Gross National Product (GNP) to 8.9%. Food aid and public assistance also rose, beginning at $6.6 billion and escalating to $9.1 billion. Defense spending decreased from 9.1% to 5.8% of the GNP. The revenue sharing program pioneered by Nixon delivered $80 billion to individual states and municipalities. Nixon then spoke to the American public, saying that by "Working together, we will break the back of inflation."
Another large part of Nixon's plan was the detachment of the dollar from the gold standard. By the time Nixon took office, U.S. gold reserves had declined from $25 billion to $10.5 billion. Gold was an underpriced commodity, as the dollar was overpriced as a currency. The United States was on the verge of running its first trade deficit in over 75 years. Nixon felt that the dollar should float freely like other currencies. an end to fixed exchange rates, devaluation of the dollar on the free market, and a 10% tax on all imports into the U.S. Income per family rose, and unionization declined.
Nixon wanted to lift the spirits of the country as polls showed increasing concern about the economy. His program was viewed by nearly everyone as exceptionally bold, and astounded the Democrats. Nixon soon experienced a bounce in the polls.
Initiatives within the federal government
Noam Chomsky remarked that, in many respects, Nixon was "the last liberal president." and the Council on Environmental Quality.In 1971, Nixon proposed the creation of four new government departments superseding the current structure: departments organized for the goal of efficient and effective public service as opposed to the thematic bases of Commerce, Labor, Transportation, Agriculture, et al. Departments including the State, Treasury, Defense, and Justice would remain under this proposal. and supported the Legacy of parks program, which transferred ownership of federally owned land to the states, resulting in the establishment of state parks and beaches, recreational areas, and environmental education centers.
Civil rights
The Nixon years witnessed the first large-scale integration of public schools in the South. and concentrated on the principle that the law must be color-blind: "I am convinced that while legal segregation is totally wrong, forced integration of housing or education is just as wrong." All U.S. Project Apollo moon landings, and the attempted moon landing of Apollo 13, took place during Nixon's first term. On November 14, 1969, he became the first incumbent president to attend a rocket launch, Apollo 12. Richard Nixon's signature is included on the plaque left by the Apollo 11 astronauts on the Moon in 1969. American public opinion was concerned with the atrocitiesNixon relayed messages to Yahya, urging him to restrain Pakistani forces.
Nixon met with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and did not believe her assertion that she would not invade Pakistan; because he favored a cease-fire. This was significant in that the fifteen-member table tennis team were allowed to enter mainland China after a period of over twenty years in which Americans, except on very rare occasions, had been denied visas Soon, the world was stunned to learn that Nixon intended to visit Communist China the following year.
Nixon and Kissinger were soon summoned to an hour-long meeting with Mao and Zhou at Mao's official private residence, where they discussed a range of issues. He also said he was suspicious of Kissinger, though the National Security Advisor referred to their meeting as his "encounter with history." A formal banquet welcoming the presidential party was conducted that evening in the Great Hall of the People. The following day, Nixon met with Chou; during this meeting he stated that he believed “there is one China, and Taiwan is a part of China.” Americans received their first glance into China via Pat Nixon, who toured the city of Beijing and visited communes, schools, factories, and hospitals accompanied by the American media.
The visit ushered in a new era of Sino-American relations. Fearing the possibility of a Sino-American alliance, the Soviet Union yielded to American pressure for détente. with his Soviet counterpart. Out of this "summit meeting" came agreements for increased trade and two landmark arms control treaties: SALT I, the first comprehensive limitation pact signed by the two superpowers, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which banned the development of systems designed to intercept incoming missiles. Nixon and Brezhnev proclaimed a new era of "peaceful coexistence" and established groundbreaking new policy of détente (or cooperation) between the two superpowers. Détente would replace the hostility of the Cold War and the two countries would enjoy peaceful relations. A banquet was held that evening at the Kremlin.
Nixon extended the Nixon Doctrine from Vietnam to his policy toward the Soviet Union, believing that helping Iran become stronger would check the Soviets' power. Nixon and Brezhnev met in Yalta, where they discussed a proposed mutual defense pact, détente, and MIRVs. While he considered proposing a comprehensive test-ban treaty, Nixon felt that it would take far too long to accomplish. There were not any significant breakthroughs in these negotiations.
1972 presidential campaign
Nixon entered his name on the New Hampshire primary ballot on January 5, 1972, effectively announcing his candidacy for reelection. the President had expected his Democratic opponent to be Senator Ted Kennedy, Though Muskie defeated McGovern in the New Hampshire primary, his showings were poorer in Florida and he soon ended his campaign. He announced the Equal Education Opportunities bill that would seek a moratorium on local school busing; Nixon re-imposed price controls in June 1973, echoing his 1971 plan, as food prices rose; this time, he focused on agricultural exports and limited the freeze to 60 days.The price controls became unpopular with the public and businesspeople, who saw powerful labor unions as preferable to the price board bureaucracy. Business owners, however, now saw the controls as permanent rather than temporary, and voluntary compliance decreased. The controls produced food shortages, as meat disappeared from grocery stores and farmers drowned chickens rather than sell them at a loss. The controls were slowly ended, and by April 30, 1974, the control authority from Congress had lapsed. However, the controls on oil and natural gas prices persisted for several years. Nixon also dramatically increased spending on federal employees' salaries while the economy was plagued by the 1973–1974 stock market crash. This became one of a series of scandalous acts involving the Committee to Re-Elect the President. Nixon downplayed the scandal as mere politics, and his White House denounced the story as biased and misleading. As the FBI eventually confirmed that Nixon aides had attempted to sabotage the Democrats, many began resigning and senior aides faced prosecution.
Nixon's alleged role in ordering a cover-up came to light after the testimony of John Dean. Unlike the tape recordings by earlier Presidents, Nixon's were subpoenaed. The White House refused to release them, citing executive privilege. A tentative deal was reached in which the White House would provide written summaries of the tapes, but this was rejected by Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, a former member of the Kennedy administration. Cox was fired at the White House's request and was replaced by Leon Jaworski, a former member of the Johnson administration. Jaworski revealed an audio tape of conversations held in the White House on June 20, 1972, which featured an unexplained 18½ minute gap. The first deleted section of about five minutes has been attributed to human error by Rose Mary Woods, the President's personal secretary, who admitted accidentally wiping the section while transcribing the tape. The gap, while not conclusive proof of wrong-doing by the President, cast doubt on Nixon's claim that he was unaware of the cover-up. He insisted that he had made mistakes, but had no prior knowledge of the burglary, did not break any laws, and did not learn of the coverup until early 1973. Nixon said, }}
In April 1974, Nixon announced the release of 1,200 pages of transcripts of White House conversations between him and his aides. Despite this, the House Judiciary Committee, controlled by Democrats, opened impeachment hearings against the President on May 9, 1974. These hearings resulted in bi-partisan votes for Articles of Impeachment, the first vote being 27-11 in favor on July 27, 1974 on obstruction of justice. On July 24, the Supreme Court (including 5 Republican-appointed Justices, three of them appointed by Nixon) then ruled unanimously in the case of United States v. Nixon that the tapes must be released to Jaworski; one of the secret recordings, known as the Smoking Gun tape, was released on August 5, 1974, and revealed that Nixon knew of the cover-up from its inception and had suggested to administration officials that they try to stop the FBI's investigation. In light of his loss of political support and the near certainty of impeachment, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening.
The resignation speech was delivered on August 8, 1974, at 9:01 p.m. Eastern time from the Oval Office and was carried live on radio and television. The core of the speech was Nixon's announcement that Gerald Ford, as Vice President, would succeed to the presidency, effective at noon Eastern time the next day. Around this announcement, he discussed his feelings about his presidential work and general political issues that would need attention once he left. He never admitted to criminal wrongdoing, although he conceded errors of judgment. During the Watergate scandal, Nixon's approval rating fell to 23%. It was discovered that a clot from his leg had broken off and traveled to his lung; to treat this, he was placed on an anti-coagulant intravenous machine. which was rejected. An eighteen-inch blood clot was found in a vein leading to Nixon's heart. Surgery was deemed necessary for his survival; he underwent a ninety-minute operation on October 29. While recuperating, Nixon fainted, fell out of bed, and fell into a coma. His family stayed by his side, while he was visited by Ford and telephoned by Mao Zedong. He returned home on November 14. Three leading doctors sent by the judge in the Watergate trial evaluated Nixon's condition, and concluded that he was not able to testify. The judge ruled that his testimony would not be necessary. He maintained an office in a Coast Guard station 300 yards from his home, first taking a golf cart and later walking the route each day; he mainly worked on his memoirs. At the invitation of Mao Zedong, Nixon traveled to China in February 1976. His trip was initially criticized, including by some within his own party, who argued that citizen-Nixon was conducting U.S. foreign policy. The well-publicized trip was deemed a success, however; upon his return, Nixon prepared a lengthy memorandum on his experiences that was sent to the White House. Nixon did not admit to criminal wrongdoing, denied criminal intent, He was criticized at the time by some who opined that he should not be giving information to Frost that he had declined to give to federal courts. and their respective releases enabled Nixon to further his comeback effort by partaking in book tours. The Nixons moved to New York City in February 1980 to be closer to their family.
When the former Shah of Iran died in Egypt in July 1980, Nixon defied President Jimmy Carter's State Department by attending the funeral. Throughout the 1980s, Nixon maintained a routine schedule of speaking engagements and writing, traveled, and met with many foreign leaders, especially those of Third World countries. He joined former Presidents Ford and Carter as representatives of the United States at the funeral of Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat. On a trip to the Middle East, Nixon made his views known regarding Saudi Arabia and Libya, which attracted significant U.S. media attention; The Washington Post ran stories on Nixon's "rehabilitation." On his return from the Soviet Union, Nixon sent President Ronald Reagan a lengthy memorandum that contained foreign policy suggestions and his personal impressions of Mikhail Gorbachev. Following this trip, Nixon was ranked in Gallup's most admired man and woman poll as one of the ten most admired men in the world.
Elder statesman
In 1986, Nixon gave an address to a convention of newspaper publishers, impressing his audience with his tour d'horizon of the world. Newsweek, among other publications, He gained respect as an elder statesman in the area of foreign affairs, being consulted by both Republican and Democratic successors to the presidency; Reagan sought Nixon's advice in dealing with Gorbachev. Nixon was comforted by his family while former presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and their wives attended the ceremony.
Death and funeral
Nixon suffered a severe stroke at 5:45 p.m. EDT on April 18, 1994, while preparing to eat dinner in his Park Ridge, New Jersey home. Damage to the brain caused swelling (cerebral edema) and Nixon slipped into a deep coma. On April 22, 1994, he died at 9:08 p.m., with his daughters at his bedside; he was 81.Nixon's funeral took place on April 27, 1994, the first for an American president since that of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1973, which Nixon had presided over as president. Held at the Nixon Library, eulogists included then-President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, California Governor Pete Wilson, and the Reverend Billy Graham. In keeping with his wishes, his funeral was not a full state funeral, though his body did lie in repose in the Nixon Library lobby from April 26 to the morning of the funeral services.
Although he did not achieve all that he had wished for in the Middle East, Nixon virtually expelled the Soviet Union from the region and initiated a long peace process. He began formal relations with China and improved relations with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he decentralized government by revenue sharing, greatly reduced segregation in schools, reduced inflation (until it rose again as a result of the oil cartels), ended the gold standard, reduced the crime rate, and pioneered positive environmental measures. As a result of the Watergate scandal, however, the mood of the nation was severely affected and the office of the presidency was demeaned. He advised people not to care about what others thought of them. Some experts have described him as having a narcissistic and paranoid personality.
In popular culture
Nixon has been portrayed in multiple TV shows, films, plays, audio recordings. In Oliver Stone's 1995 biopic Nixon he was played by Anthony HopkinsIn the 2008 movie Frost/Nixon directed by Ron Howard he was played by Frank Langella
In the film Secret Honor directed by Robert Altman he was played by Philip Baker Hall
Portrayed favourably in the song The Love of Richard Nixon by Manic Street Preachers - a Welsh rock trio whose members were all age 5 at the time of Nixon's resignation. His likeness appears in the video game during the "Zombie Mode 'Five'", a single-player or cooperative mode where four players incarnate Nixon, Kennedy, Fidel Castro or Robert McNamara. He is voiced by Dave Mallow.
See also
Samuel Byck, assassination planner
Bibliography
Notes
References
http://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html Information on SS Amendments of 1972 and http://www.ssa.gov/history/1970.html
External links
Richard Nixon Foundation The Nixon Center, Washington, D.C. Richard Nixon Presidential Library White House biography Richard Nixon: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress The Watergate Tapes Account of the day Nixon had his fatal stroke in April 1994 Nixon's will
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| Name | Greg Benson |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gregory Charles Benson |
| Birth place | Dallas County, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mediocre Films |
| Spouse | Kim Evey (2004–present), Paige Davis (1994–2001)) is an American comedian, actor, and director of short films. His production company, Mediocre Films, promotes its creations via YouTube and MySpace. Benson graduated from W. T. White High School in 1986. Since then he's become a popular YouTube comedian with over 285,000 subscribers, and he's currently number 27 as most subscribed comedians. His most popular video as of early 2009 was episode 1 of the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, which was selected to be featured on YouTube shortly after being posted February 25, 2007, and subsequently drew nearly 2 million viewers. The series later was picked up by Sony Pictures, who continued the show through two seasons on YouTube as part of its "C Spot" lineup; one reviewer for The Times of London described it as "Pee-Wee Herman meets Monty Python via the hyperkinetic madness of Japanese television." Benson also landed a short segment role as a pet owner on an episode of the reality show "The Dog Whisperer" in 2007. |
| Name | Benson, Greg |
| Date of birth | January 23, 1968 |
| Place of birth | Dallas County, Texas |
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| Name | Ayla Dikmen |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | March 25, 1944 Kütahya, Turkey |
| Died | August 20, 1990İzmir, Turkey |
| Genre | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
She died of cervix cancer in 1990 at the age of 46.
Her hit song Anlamazdın was widely used in Çağan Irmak's 2008 film Issız Adam and interestingly topped the charts 32 years after it was first released.
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In late 2006 he climbed Martin Krpan in Osp, probably making him the youngest person ever to climb a 9a/5.14d sport route. In early 2008 he climbed La Rambla (otherwise known as La Rambla original or La Rambla extension) in Siurana, Spain, a sport route accepted as 9a+/5.15a. He also climbed La Novena Enmienda, 9a+/5.15a, located in Santa Linya. In 2010, he climbed his first 9b graded climb, Golpe de Estado in Siurana, Spain.
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| Caption | Hughes in June 2007 |
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| Birthplace | Riverside, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Write | y |
| Pencil | y |
| Ink | y |
| Website | http://www.justsayah.com |
| Sortkey | Hughes, Adam |
| Subcat | American |
| Yob | 1967 |
| Mob | 5 |
| Dob | 5 |
Hughes then had a short stint on the Dark Horse Comics series Ghost.
He has also had stints on Penthouse Comix, Legionaires and PlayStation Magazine.
Hughes wrote and illustrated the interiors of the 1996 two-issue miniseries, from Wildstorm. In late 1998 he began a five-year run as cover artist on DC Comics Wonder Woman. He also provided cover art on Tomb Raider from Top Cow Comics
When Wizards of the Coast created their d20-based Star Wars RPG, he created designs for both the original and revised core rulebooks, as well as the Star Wars: Invasion of Theed adventure game mini-RPG. When he reused his portrait of the Jedi guardian, Sia-Lan Wezz (his favorite character), for the cover of Star Wars: Purge as a gag, there was such editorial interest that she was written into the story as one of Darth Vader's early victims.
The penciling process Hughes employs for his cover work is the same he uses when doing sketches for fans at conventions, with the many difference being that he does cover work in his sketchbook, before transferring the drawing to virgin art board with a lightbox, After darkening in the construction lines that he wishes to keep, he erases the lighter ones with a kneaded eraser before rendering greater detail. For more detailed erasures, he uses a pencil-shaped white eraser, and to erase large areas, he uses a larger, hand-held white eraser, which he calls a "thermonuclear eraser", because it "takes care of everything".
To ink his drawings, Hughes favors Faber-Castell PITT artist pens, which come in a variety of points, including fine, medium, bold and brush tips, which Hughes uses for brush work on convention sketches, though not for cover work. In a similar manner to his penciling, Hughes tends to ink different portions of the sketch at random. which he feels would be too tedious to render in pencil, such as the costumes of characters like Batman, which he believes should be rendered in black rather than blue.
Hughes will sometimes use colored markers to embellish parts of a sketch, as when he uses red for female characters' lips, or a silver pen to render scenes set in outer space. When rendering an entire sketch in grey tones or full color, Hughes, who once used Primsacolor or Design 2 markers, explained at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International that for the past four years, he had been using Copic markers, a set of which a fan gave him as a gift, because Copic markers are refillable, and because he found that they produce longer-lasting colors, and can be used several times longer than other brands, as he was still using the same package of nibs as of August 2010 that came with the first set of Copics he was given four years previously. When using Copics, he takes care to erase his pencils, and to not work dark-to-light, because of the mottled effects that result from doing so.
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Born to Armenian and Assyrian parents, in Gary, Indiana on August 6, 1935, Adam Benjamin, Jr. became one of the Calumet Region's most dynamic and respected legislators. After graduating from Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri in 1952, Benjamin served as a Marine in the Korean War until 1954. Upon his honorable discharge, he gained an appointment to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, earning a B.S. degree in engineering in 1958. Following three years of airborne and ranger training in the U.S. Army, Benjamin returned to Gary in 1961 and began teaching math and physics at Edison High School. Two years later, he entered public service as the Gary zoning administrator; he gained further experience in local government acting as Gary Mayor A. Martin Katz's executive secretary from 1965 through 1966.
Shortly after receiving a law degree from Valparaiso University in 1966, Benjamin began his sixteen year legislative career by winning election as a state representative. Four years later, in 1971, he moved to the state senate, where he was named Outstanding State Senator by newsmen assigned to report on the Indiana General Assembly. As a state legislator, Mr. Benjamin developed a new code of ethics for legislators, worked on a new state medical malpractice act, and facilitated court reform for the Lake County Superior Court system. He became known as one of the most dedicated and hard working public officials in Indiana.
By 1972, Mr. Benjamin had gained considerable legislative skill and developed a reputation as an effective lawmaker. His bid for the 1st District seat in the U.S. Congress failed, however, and Mr. Benjamin continued his work as a state senator in Indianapolis, awaiting his next opportunity to seek higher office. In 1976, Benjamin again ran for congress and defeated incumbent Ray J. Madden by a 56% to 34% margin.
During his six years as a U.S. Representative, Adam Benjamin chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, aiding Northwest Indiana with projects such as improved Amtrak facilities, new South Shore Railroad commuter cars, and funding for an I-94 interchange to provide access to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as well as improvements in Gary's bus system and municipal airport. In addition, Congressman Benjamin chaired the executive committee of the Congressional Steel Caucus, a group of congressmen organized to revitalize the nation's steel industry. To encourage the Calumet Region's economic recovery, Mr. Benjamin worked to establish the Calumet Forum, with representatives of labor, industry, banking, publishing, education, politics, transportation, and the religious community seeking to promote the economic resurgence and development of the Region. Regarding the importance of the Forum, Mr. Benjamin commented, "I've put myself on the line for this...I've got to do it. It just has to be done."
Adam Benjamin continued to gain a reputation hard work, dedication, effectiveness, and loyalty among both his colleagues and his constituents. He retained his seat in the 1978 and 1980 elections, and was seeking a fourth Congressional term when he died suddenly from a heart ailment in September 1982. He is buried in Merrillville, Indiana's Calumet Park Cemetery.
Also, Adam Benjamin, singer/songwriter
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