Word: hillings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first Vice President in 24 years with no Senate experience, Agnew has not had an easy time on the Hill. In the early months after the Inauguration, he conscientiously courted Senators, attending each noon's opening of business, presiding in the chair to learn parliamentary procedures and school himself in Senate ways. He lunched with members in the Senators' dining room. Most important, he flattered Senators by his deference, thereby convincing them of his wit and discernment. He worked so hard at his homework during those first months that he burst a blood vessel...
SLOWER BUSINESS. There are increasing signs that the Nixon Administration's restraints are finally beginning to hold back business. Some economic indicators remain strong. Factory orders for durable goods, notably steel, engines and turbines, bounced up sharply in September, and capital spending, according to the McGraw-Hill survey released last week, is expected to rise about 8% next year. But largely as a result of the Government's deflationary policies, industrial production has fallen for the past two months, and auto sales dropped in October. Profits are also sluggish. Most economists foresee a decline in earnings and little...
FAKE! by Clifford Irving. 243 pages. McGraw-Hill...
...ruggers, whose record is now 3-3, play a Boston rugby team, Beacon Hill, on Tuesday...
...sighed. "How do you explain the police? Two policemen sit up there on the hill in a police car all night long smoking cigarettes, while we never see a single cop on this street...