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...fortunes of Spiro T. Agnew spiral steadily downward. He has been off the federal payroll since last Oct. 10, the same day he pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of income tax evasion (though his perquisites still include a Government-paid staff of six, a Secret Service detail and a limousine). Friends have been able to raise only $40,000 toward paying his legal bills, which may exceed $200,000. Last week, rejecting Agnew's plea "not to strip me of my means of livelihood," a three-judge panel appointed by the Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously agreed that...
...said that student interest in national politics has declined since the 1969 strike. Brademas attributed this downward trend in part to the absence of a rallying point for involvement which the Vietnam war had provided...
...college teacher, I can suggest a reason for the downward trend in Scholastic Aptitude Tests scores overlooked in the article [Dec. 31]. It is the pervasive narcissism of our contemporary culture that deflects today's capable youth from mastering the accumulated knowledge of the past, which is the province of higher education. Scholastic aptitude is not aptitude for finding "the real me" in sensitivity to adolescent angst, or in self-serving activism for student rights. Since these are the major concern of brighter young people today, is it any wonder that traditional measurements reflect what they...
...some 40 shops across the country that specialize in Earth Shoes, more and more shoppers-including such celebrities as Mark Spitz, James Coburn and Tony Curtis-are competing for limited supplies of clumpy footwear that defies most principles of shoemaking. Instead of sloping downward to the toe the heel of the Earth Shoe is approximately one-half inch lower than the forward part. The rubber sole, in turn, gradually thickens in the direction of the toe elevating the front of the foot and leaving the wearer balancing on his heels. "It's like walking barefoot on a soft, sandy...
...Oregon movement to discourage economic and population growth in order to protect the state's agreeable style of life. Last fall he reported on the efforts of householders in declining Chicago neighborhoods to prevent runaway banks from cutting off mortgages and home-improvement loans and thus accelerating the downward spiral of their communities. Secondly, Moyers keeps a door constantly open to cinema verite film makers willing to shoot something more illuminating than rock concerts. In December he and Producer Wayne Ewing did an emotionally potent study of an encounter group for clergymen who were trying to break through...