TIME Covers Watergate

May 28, 1973: Watergate Revelations
The Watergate story was now being dramatized under the klieg lights of the crowded Senate Caucus Room and thrust into the living rooms of America. Figuratively, the testimony represented at least half a dozen sticks of dynamite that could blow the scandal skyhigh.
From: The Newest Daytime Drama, May 28, 1973

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