Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unite against his policy a startlingly broad coalition of interest groups. They range from the unemployed poor to school librarians, and from farmers to executives of construction firms that will get less business building subsidized housing and hospitals. Members of the Senate Republican Policy Committee met with Vice President Agnew last week and voiced loud protests against the withholding of funds for programs that benefit the traditionally Republican farmers...
...searching for a reason for the outburst, Cheshire could think of no recent cause. Only a year ago, when Sinatra was entertaining at an Agnew party, she had asked him: "Do you think your Mafia ties might prove embarrassing to the Vice President?" At that time, Sinatra replied, "Naw, I don't worry about anything like that." But these things rankle-particularly when a man who has friends in the mob keeps trying to make friends in the White House...
...lifelong Democrat, Sinatra did not give up. In 1968 he volunteered to campaign for Hubert Humphrey, but his hopes there never materialized. Annoyed, Sinatra turned to the Republicans and campaigned for Ronald Reagan in 1970. Through Reagan's graces Sinatra came to know Spiro Agnew. Cordial friends ever since, Agnew frequently spends long weekends at Sinatra's place in Palm Springs. The Vice President honored Sinatra in January 1971 by flying to Palm Springs for the dedication of the Martin Anthony Sinatra Medical Education Center, Sinatra's monument to his father. Later, while on a good-will...
...arrival of a Crimson-clad Mamme Eisenhower accompanied by Julie Nixon Eisenhower signaled the beginning of the ceremonies shortly after 11:30 a.m. They were quickly followed by Iricia Nixon Cox, the Agnew family, and finally by Pat Nixon...
...Hill's prayer was followed by a musical interlude, and another prayer by Rabbi Seymour Siegel. At nine minutes to noon. Spiro Agnew took his oath, followed by another prayer, this one given by the primate of the Orthodox Church in America, to which Agnew once belonged...