Word: bags
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...news leaks. Contrary to Agnew's claim in his speech that he was being hounded by trumped-up claims, Nixon said that the charges "are serious and not frivolous." Nixon also defended Henry Petersen, the head of Justice's Criminal Division, who Agnew said was out to bag him as a trophy. Said the President: "If I did not support Mr. Petersen's handling of the investigation, he would have been removed by this time...
...addition GM plans to offer later in the model year about 50,000 cars -Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs-equipped with air bags as a $200 optional substitute for seat belts. During a collision, the bags are supposed to prevent serious injury by ejecting and popping open to quickly fill the space between driver and windshield, then instantly deflate. One drawback: if the car continues to bounce or fall, the driver could be injured after the bag loses air. Nonetheless, Ford and Chrysler also plan to offer air bags as options...
Jesus Alou, pinch hitting for Ray Fosse, got the second hit for the Athletics on a bloop single to open the eighth. Dick Williams then reached into his bag of tricks for pinch runner Allan Lewis, who was sacrificed to second by Mike Andrews, hitting for Dick Green. Following a Campanaris strikeout, Joe Rudi singled to tie the score...
...Every bag of rice given by the United States, for example, is paid for by Washington in dollars, then bought by Vietnamese importers in piasters. Eighty per cent of the piasters are then deposited in accounts to be used solely by the South Vietnamese Army, Navy and Air Force. This is known as the Food for Peace program...
...most trying and tumultuous week of his political life, Spiro Agnew suddenly decided to seek a brief respite in a little afternoon tennis. He asked his press secretary to join him. "Fine," replied Marsh Thomson, "but I'll have to go home and get my gear." Lugging his bag, Thomson arrived back at the Executive Office Building just before 4 o'clock only to find his boss unexpectedly engaged. In the corridor outside Richard Nixon's first-floor hideaway office, he recognized two of the Secret Servicemen assigned to Agnew. The President and the Vice President were...