Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wicker said the importance that the investigation of Agnew is receiving in the press is an example of how "an institution that is supposed to be a watchdog can be used by those with the power...
...weeks ago we were discussing the impeachment of Nixon...now we are discussing the impeachment of Agnew," Wicker said...
...well now, but with no thanks to the hospital and the doctor who asked him topical questions. I have seen the agony resulting from knowing who Spiro Agnew...
...most trying and tumultuous week of his political life, Spiro Agnew suddenly decided to seek a brief respite in a little afternoon tennis. He asked his press secretary to join him. "Fine," replied Marsh Thomson, "but I'll have to go home and get my gear." Lugging his bag, Thomson arrived back at the Executive Office Building just before 4 o'clock only to find his boss unexpectedly engaged. In the corridor outside Richard Nixon's first-floor hideaway office, he recognized two of the Secret Servicemen assigned to Agnew. The President and the Vice President were...
...Nixon-Agnew meeting added velocity to the tornado of speculation, rumor, charge and countercharge sweeping through Washington. With a federal grand jury in Baltimore poised to hear evidence against Agnew of bribes, extortion and kickbacks dating from his days as a Maryland official, with almost daily fresh revelations of perhaps not illegal but certainly improper gifts of cash, goods and services to Agnew, the crisis seemed close to some kind of explosive resolution. One version had it that Agnew was about to resign and fight his case as a private citizen, another that Nixon was twisting the screws to persuade...