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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Does it change things if Agnew's alleged misconduct occurred before he became Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONSTITUTION: A Colloquy on the Unresolved Issues | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...done before they became Vice President. But they don't provide a clear precedent. In the Calhoun case, the House accepted the responsibility to appoint a select committee to investigate charges made against Calhoun some years before. In the Colfax case, it declined to do so. In the Agnew case, not only do the two precedents glance in different directions, but we aren't even clear that the complaints against him do not spill over into his vice presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONSTITUTION: A Colloquy on the Unresolved Issues | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...House leadership act properly in turning down Agnew's request for a special hearing of the charges against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONSTITUTION: A Colloquy on the Unresolved Issues | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...Kissinger sought to leave the impression that President Nixon's trip is still a possibility this year. No dates were mentioned, however, and Western envoys are now more or less resigned to the likelihood that the constitutional crisis over the Watergate tapes and the plight of Vice President Agnew will force Nixon to postpone his visit until 1974. Kissinger looked over a draft proposal outlining long-range Common Market goals and priorities and politely suggested that the nine nations try for something more specific than vague generalities. Both the U.S. and the members of the European Economic Community would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Kissinger's Plea for Peace | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

Thus radicals can charge it with promulgating colonialism and warmongering; thus Nixon and Agnew can view it as a test of moral vigor; thus sociologists can see in it a full-length portrait of America. The operative word is see. Like politics and pornography, football tends to yield a reflection of the onlooker who finds what he seeks. And there are more seekers all the time. This week, as the season picks up velocity, the words of Sonny Werblin, former owner of the Jets, take on a special autumnal tang. In the '60s, Werblin found his night flight stacked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Football: Show Business with a Kick | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

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