Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defensive about the press. "Now it seems to be fashionable to make out Agnew to be some kind of goof," he tells friends. "I don't think I'm a brain. I've got an I.Q. of about 135 when it was last tested. I think that's pretty fair." He has been known to remark unhappily: "I'm still fighting the idea of being a rather ill-equipped, fumbling, obtuse kind of person...
...limited opportunities of the vice-presidency, Agnew, at 51, has displayed small capacity for development. Ten years ago, he was president of the P.T.A. in Loch Raven village near Baltimore. Five years ago, he was the Baltimore county executive, presiding over a horseshoe-shaped suburban community that knew little of the urban agonies on which he is now supposedly an Administration expert. Today, as Vice President, he retains his earlier prejudices...
...Agnew life style has changed considerably, however. Last January the Agnews moved from the handsome 54-room Governor's mansion in Annapolis to a nine-room apartment in Washington's Sheraton Park Hotel. The capital has transformed the family's domestic life, which in years past consisted largely of lawn sprinklers, pizza, ping-pong in the basement rec room, Sunday afternoons watching the Baltimore Colts on color television. As Governor, Agnew could even have the Colts over for dinner from time to time...
...with breakfast and keeps him shuttling between White House, Executive Office Building and Capitol until 7 p.m.?or much later if there is an official reception to attend. He still sees his Maryland friends often, especially George White Jr., the family lawyer who presides over the Agnew family assets of some $100,000. Although his weekends are always subject to interruptions, Agnew has managed to trim off 15 lbs. by playing tennis, often with G.O.P. National Chairman Rogers Morton or Postmaster General Winton Blount. One thing that Agnew has not sacrificed is his pro football : this season...
...Agnew's wife Judy, who admits that "every once in awhile I think to myself, what am I doing here," must also sacrifice considerable domestic time ("I majored in marriage") for such chores as entertaining the wives of foreign visitors or chamber of commerce officials. Judy Agnew has two houseboys and a live-in housekeeper, Mrs. Ann Leer, who used to manage the Governor's mansion at Annapolis. But the Agnews do not entertain often at their own quarters, which can accommodate a party of only 20 or 25. For larger groups, they use the State Department reception rooms downtown...