environment. The sum total of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and other living things, which provide conditions for development and growth as well as of danger and damage.
Under subpoena in 1948, he testified in what became Alger Hiss's perjury (espionage) trials (1949â1950) and he became an outspoken anti-communist (all described in his 1952 memoir Witness). Afterwards, he worked briefly as a senior editor at National Review (1957â1959). President Ronald Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
George Will: Nixon's crimes apparently began in 1968. WASHINGTON â About 5:15 p.m. on June 17, 1971, in the Oval Office, the president ordered a crime: I want it implemented on a thievery basis. Goddamn it, get in and get those files.