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Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon, raises his arms in victory at the Republican Convention in Miami, Fl., Aug. 8, 1968. Newly published transcripts of Nixon's White House tapes, which Nixon and his heirs fought for 22 years to keep secret, show an administration wilting under the Watergate scandal that began with the White House-directed 1972 break-in at Democratic headquarters. They also lay bare activities far beyond anything mentioned in Congress ' investigations of more recent allegations. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo)