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...good national press, Agnew began lobbying clumsily for Administration programs. He started with the ABM, buttonholing members on the Senate floor, then repeated the mistake in an attempt to get the income-tax surcharge extended for a year. As a wheeler-dealer, he failed ingloriously and provoked a curt civics lesson from Majority Leader Mike Mansfield: "A Vice President should not interfere in Senate affairs regardless of his party. He is not a member of the Senate. He's a half-creature of the Senate and a half-creature of the executive." In recent weeks, perhaps as a result, Agnew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: SPIRO AGNEW: THE KING'S TASTER | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...Curt Gowdy once so correctly pointed out. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." and East surged back Thursday to lead North by ??? laps North's vailant efforts the next day wernot enough to overcome the stubborn East House girls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: East House Slips by North House In Radeliffe's Swimming Marathon | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

...Yardlings, as their 34-7 victory over Columbia showed, have the ability to score and play defense. They have fairly good speed, and their passing attack is strong. The starting backfield for today's game, with Mike Murr and Ted DeMars at the halfbacks and Curt Humphreys at fullback, scored four of Harvard's touchdowns against the Lions. The quarterback will be Erie Crone who passed well against Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Football, Soccer Squads To Face Local Opposition Today | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

...Minnesota Twins failed in the clutch once again yesterday, and the Orioles are now up, 2-0. Reserve outfielder Curt Motten lined a single into centerfield with two outs in the 11th inning, and Boog Powell crossed the plate to give the Orioles a 1-0 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Where Will It End? | 10/6/1969 | See Source »

...BRITAIN (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Michael Caine serves as narrator of the re-creation of England's fight against Nazi Germany's aerial attacks during World War II. It will star Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir Michael Redgrave, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Trevor Howard and Curt Jurgens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sep. 5, 1969 | 9/5/1969 | See Source »

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