Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TIME characterized the rise of a man from P.T.A. president to U.S. Vice President within a decade as a display of "small capacity for development." It is obvious that Mr. Agnew's charge of journalistic bias should not be limited to television...
...Agnew is giving an appropriate and timely response to American intellectualism gone amok...
...Perhaps Nixon's outstanding achievement to date is having chosen Agnew as his running mate. Agnew's "absolute passion for oversimplification" is comforting, since respect for basic American values need not require deep intellectual prowess. If Mr. Agnew stays on the prod, his stature surely will continue to grow...
WELL before the 1 p.m. voting hour, the galleries of the capacious old marble-and-leather chamber were bulging as the Senate gathered last week to vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Clement Haynsworth. Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived a full ten minutes early; the vote was expected to be close, and he could break a tie. As the clock on the Senate wall reached 1 p.m., the chamber hushed, and the roll call began. The outcome hung on the votes of seven uncommitted Senators, and everyone who had any business being there knew who they were. Nevada...
...silent majority" is becoming one of the Administration's catch phrases. Richard Nixon appealed to it on Nov. 3 to stand by his war policies. Its opposite, of course, is the unsilent minority, which Spiro Agnew, who has been running regular Thursday-night beat-the-press shows, defines as "an arrogant few" dissenters. Such constant reference to that magic line of 51% of the people-whether friends above it or opponents below it-may end up looking like a form of insecurity. After the Senate rejected Judge Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court, the President observed, naturally enough...