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...bust of Socrates in Vice President Agnew's office [Oct. 26] is utterly inappropriate and misleading. Socrates was a true champion of moderation and reason, a great teacher who fearlessly sought the truth regardless of self. Aristophanes, one of the men responsible for permanently silencing the voice of Socrates, is described thusly in the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Americana...
...person in mind, but a Dayton newspaper and the local machinists' union decided that she was Mrs. Bette Lowrey of suburban Fairborn. In an article about her in LIFE, she declared herself deeply troubled about drugs, violence and other "social issues," but she was not sure that the Agnew line provided the answer...
Partisan Rhetoric. Did Nixon and Agnew misread the conservative trend? Probably not. But they apparently underestimated the quality of American conservatism and held it cheap. A great many American voters who are determined to defend U.S. institutions and values against the attacks of the youthful counterculture seek effective programs rather than partisan rhetoric...
...Connecticut by ten points. Prouty was six points behind. Goodell was down the tube." Nixon himself helped to replace New York's Goodell with Conservative James Buckley, and he was pleased with the play he called. He saw victory shaping up for Democrat Richard Ottinger. He sent Quarterback Agnew into the game with new instructions, pulling liberal sympathy votes back to Goodell and leaving the way clear for Buckley's end run. It worked...
...Trials will only be fair when people like Mitchell, Wilson, Nixon, and Agnew are in the dock instead of Bobby and Erika...