Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What is Vice President Spiro Agnew doing these days? "Oh, he speaks a lot," says an Agnew aide. How often? "About twice a week." Another member of his staff adds the fascinating information that "he reads a lot." Declares a third: "Now he's got the time for a thoughtful approach...
...cheered and waved miniature South Vietnamese and American flags supplied by White House aides. After a two-day meeting with the President, Thieu and his 70 aides and bodyguards flew to Washington, where he embarked on an even more elaborate round of events. A formal dinner with Vice President Agnew as host was only one of a series of black-tie affairs. Thieu also made a ceremonial visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The purpose of his trip to the U.S., Thieu said, was "to express thanks to the American people" for their sacrifices in the Viet...
Meat may soon be rivaling sex as a source of jokes. Samples: "Where can I rent a steak?" Or: "I would like to invest in a piece of meat." Vice President Agnew offered his contribution last week: "Two Swiss steaks opened a bank account in Zurich." Housewives have taken to following meatless recipes. If their husbands remain meat chauvinists and insist on steak, they are served smaller portions-and sometimes they get something else when they think that they are eating beef. A housewife in Portland, Ore., revealed in a newspaper interview that she had been feeding her husband horsemeat...
...letter blast at Washington Columnist Maxine Cheshire during the Inaugural festivities, he has suffered chilly relations with the White House. At a Manhattan dinner to receive the Thomas A. Dooley Foundation award for being a Splendid American of "forthrightness, honesty, integrity," Sinatra found the other Splendid American, Spiro T. Agnew, playing it cool. The two friends arrived separately, supped separately, departed separately. It was left to Judy Agnew to entertain her husband's old Palm Springs, Calif., host and golfing crony...
...started with Vice President Agnew's eloquent orations in 1970 about those elitist Eastern radical intellectuals who distort the news. Then Clay T. Whitehead, director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the White House, opened up and has yet to quiet down. A recent sample: "Station managers and network officials who fail to act to correct imbalance or consistent bias from the networks--or who acquiesce by silence--can only be considered willing participants, to be held fully accountable by the broadcaster's community at license renewal time...