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Word: agnew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...White House protests, perhaps too much, that Spiro Agnew is not "on a leash." that he does not have to clear his speeches with headquarters. If that accurately reflects the Agnew-Nixon relationship, it would seem to be one of the stronger arguments for censorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vice Presidency: Agnew Unleashed | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...however, the conciliatory mood shifted. North Viet Nam's Prime Minister Pham Van Dong released a letter to the U.S. peace movement that concluded: "May your fall offensive succeed splendidly." "It was too good to pass up," says White House Communications Director Herb Klein. Nixon summoned Vice President Spiro Agnew for a half-hour meeting, after which Agnew told the press that the M-day leaders "should openly repudiate the support of the totalitarian government which has on its hands the blood of 40,000 Americans." For the protest impresarios to ignore the Hanoi letter, said Agnew, "would bring their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: M-DAY'S MESSAGE TO NIXON | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...ORLEANS, Louisiana-The Vietnam Moratorium was an "emotional purgative" and a "reflection of confusion" pressed by professional anarchists, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REAL WORLD | 10/20/1969 | See Source »

Speaking at a testimonial dinner here, Agnew said that American views on the war are being greatly distorted. He gave a list of signs which he said indicated progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REAL WORLD | 10/20/1969 | See Source »

...Agnew described the participants in the Moratorium as "thousands of well-motivated young people, conditioned since childhood to respond to great emotional appeals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REAL WORLD | 10/20/1969 | See Source »

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