Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...party. The Watergate affair has discounted any possibility that he could effectively lead either. The unusual circumstances brought on by the Watergate scandal calls for unusual measures to meet the crisis. In keeping with his own sense of decency, the President must resign his office, and Vice-President Agnew must resign as well...
...visiting Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti. The President himself led the standing ovation after Ol' Man River and called his visiting star "the Washington Monument of entertainment." Afterward, Sinatra went back to his newly rented Washington town house and gave a party for a few friends, including Spiro Agnew. Hanging over the saloon-sized bar was a plaque with the proverb: "Living well is the best revenge...
...Agnew said that it is still too early to evaluate the political effects of the Watergate scandal. If there are investigations and legal actions in progress at the time of the 1974 elections the Republican Party could be seriously affected, he added...
...Agnew refused to specify what action he would take if Nixon is shown to have had prior knowledge of the bugging. he said his decision would depend on whether the President has approved or vetoed the espionage attempts...
Manckiewicz added that this lack of concern with issues was especially reflected in television reporting. He said that Vice President Agnew was correct in 1970 when he accused network presidents of imposing their bias on network news, but he added that this was not a liberal bias...