Word: namee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Columbia). The name this group chose for themselves may sound a bit square and their topics-sex, drugs and what's wrong with the U.S. -are hardly novel. Yet the gut level lyrics and third stream rock accompaniment are inventive and challenging. The ring modulator and Durrott Synthesizer, electronic instruments, are used as if they were invented for this group...
Attaching Agnew's name to these requirements shocked many, because they knew virtually nothing about the man beyond the fact that he was a very new, moderately successful Governor with no national or international stature (see following story). Many Northern Republicans were rankled by the ready acceptance of the selection by Southerners and by conservatives generally. Although Agnew is a moderate by Maryland standards and a liberal by Deep South criteria, there was the suspicion that he was on the ticket to placate Thurmond and other segregationists. Not only liberals protested. Colorado Senator Peter Dominick howled: "There...
...anonymity. Irate over the aura of a shabby deal that surrounded his selection and disturbed by some of his recent criticism of Negro activists, leaders in a number of delegations talked revolt. As usual, however, the liberals were disorganized. By the time the final night's session convened to name a vice-presidential candidate and hear both nominees' acceptance speeches, a coalition had been assembled to second Agnew's nomination: Lindsay, Percy, Tower and California's William Knowland. They covered all factions of the party...
Both promised to work for Nixon in the fall, though Rockefeller could not bring himself to even utter the name of Spiro Agnew. "It is the privilege and tradition of the man who is the nominee," he said, "to pick his running mate. This is Mr. Nixon's day, and I have no comment." Privately, however, Rocky was furious, looking upon the choice of the obscure Maryland Governor as not only a personal slap in the face but also a serious blunder on Nixon's part. Agnew, he felt, was simply...
Robert Kennedy was once asked to name the most decent man in the Senate. "George McGovern," he replied. "He's the only decent man in the Senate." South Dakota's junior Senator felt much the same way about Kennedy. The two were close friends for years, from the time that McGovern took over John F. Kennedy's Food for Peace program...