Word: exitement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Spiro Agnew may not have been a household word when Presidential candidate Richard Nixon nominated the Maryland governor for the vice presidency five years ago. But Agnew's sudden exit from office this week may have won a dubious place in history for the man whose vice presidential fame and presidential aspirations were founded on his public image as a defender of law and order...
Nixon could use this opportunity to try to handpick his own 1976 successor, but some political analysts predict he will choose a figure who is "above politic," and who would exit from the political arena at the end of Nixon's terms...
Nixon could use this opportunity to try to handpick his own 1976 successor, but some political analysts predict he will choose a figure who is "above politics," and who would exit from the political arena at the end of Nixon's terms...
...Scranton commission, the FBI and every journalist who has written a Kent State book, presents contrary evidence on all these points. At the time that the Guardsmen suddenly wheeled and fired from a vantage point atop a hill, they had already dispersed the crowd and had a clear exit route back to their assembly point. Even at the time of firing, a number of Guardsmen were so unconcerned that they turned their backs on the students. The closest slain student was nearly the length of a football field away from the riflemen who killed...
After the plane landed, recalled one passenger, the doors burst open and Israeli troops boarded. They ordered the passengers to put their hands over their heads and exit one at a time, men first, and proceed to a small hall for questioning. When the grilling was over and the Israelis were satisfied no commandos were onboard, refreshments were passed around. "Every one of them spoke Arabic," marveled one woman. "It was amazing." Apparently she had never heard of Oriental Jews...