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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have always been a critic," Laird confessed last December after Nixon had named him to head Defense. "I used to have the reputation of being a good questioner," he said last week. He began his ABM testimony with a disarming prologue. "I come before you today with rather mixed emotions. On the one hand, I am happy to be back in the familiar surroundings of the committee hearing room. On the other hand, I have an uneasy feeling that I may be on the wrong side of the table-where one is expected to have good answers and not just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Secretary Laird: on the Other Side of the Table | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

With the Tour. Agnew talked about the prestige of having his own plane ("It's Air Force 13, and it's a glider"), of having access to the White House at any time ("I come in the front door -with the regular tour.") and his thor ough policy briefings ("Right now I'm studying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vice-Presidency: Agnew Ascendant | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...planning to come back." In deed, almost as soon as Ray had be come a prisoner, he wrote to Judge W. Preston Battle asking for a new trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ray Case: Request for a Reprise | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Many in the city fear that when the Block falls, its residents will simply reestablish themselves all over town. "If the bulldozers come, the Block will scatter just like the whores do," said a veteran nightclub owner, Maurice Cohen. "They'll move upstairs and downstairs with you." To prevent such an occurrence, civic leaders have given thought to transplanting the entire Block onto a showboat, or a nearby pier, or, possibly, onto a rat-infested island known as Fort Carroll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE CITY: REQUIEM FOR THE BLOCK | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...them "Snow, Rain and Cold." Ho, ho! Well, just as this whole thing is getting off the ground, Spreen starts another drive, this time for dollar contributions from citizens to help the department buy some new equipment. He calls it "Buck Up Your Police," and already $11,000 has come in. And he isn't forgetting the reforms, either. He's putting name tags on the cops, and he has them out walking a beat so the people will get to know them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: From Detroit, with Love | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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