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From the NR Bulletin, March 7, 1959, in celebration of the end of the penultimate Cyprus crisis: “ ‘On your marks . . . get set . . . go!’ yelled Air Marshal William MacDonald as he started a cross-country race in Cyprus last week and thereupon shot himself in the leg with the starting gun. Which makes him the last British casualty in Cyprus, a fact we thought we would record since history won’t.”

In California the state bar is taking action that could lead to the disbarment of Richard Nixon. The proceedings will take months, which means that no decision is likely to be reached before the impeachment issue is resolved, and they will be strictly confidential-no live TV, no leaks unless a recommendation for disbarment or suspension from law practice goes to the state supreme court. Nixon will have an opportunity to present a defense. There may be necessary things going on, but there is also much in the air that is acrid vindictiveness.

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From the NR Bulletin, March 7, 1959, in celebration of the end of the penultimate Cyprus crisis: “ ‘On your marks . . . get set . . . go!’ yelled Air Marshal William MacDonald as he started a cross-country race in Cyprus last week and thereupon shot himself in the leg with the starting gun. Which makes him the last British casualty in Cyprus, a fact we thought we would record since history won’t.”

In California the state bar is taking action that could lead to the disbarment of Richard Nixon. The proceedings will take months, which means that no decision is likely to be reached before the impeachment issue is resolved, and they will be strictly confidential-no live TV, no leaks unless a recommendation for disbarment or suspension from law practice goes to the state supreme court. Nixon will have an opportunity to present a defense. There may be necessary things going on, but there is also much in the air that is acrid vindictiveness.