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Nixon clearly enjoyed the partisan outing. His arms held aloft to acknowledge applause, his brisk rhetoric—even many of the lines—were part of last year's familiar campaign platform performances. Only one thing had changed: Nixon omitted the two-fingered V-sign with which he had once signaled victory. That has been appropriated by the petitioners for peace in Viet Nam.


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