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...chances of re-election [Feb. 16]. The more pertinent question is, Do the people of the U.S. think Cheney would be a good President if something happened to Bush? Would they approve of Cheney, or would there be widespread discontent, much as there would have been if Richard Nixon's Vice President Spiro Agnew had taken up residence in the Oval Office? Steven Randolph Lakeland...
...Dewey Canyon III ... in mocking echo of official U.S. military jargon. They numbered as many as 1,500 veterans ... Some were missing an arm or a leg; some got about in wheelchairs ... Few incidents ... enraged the Vietnam Veterans Against the War as much as did the rumor that President Nixon had said that only 30% of their number were really Vietnam veterans. Though the White House was quick to deny any such statement, the angry veterans collected proof of service ... One vet offered his glass eye as testimony ... [The week] ended with some 700 of the veterans pausing ... in front...
...President Richard Nixon visits China, paving the way for the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the two nations and leading to the end of formal U.S. ties with Taiwan...
...chances of re-election [Feb. 16]. The more pertinent question is, Do the people of the U.S. think Cheney would be a good President if something happened to Bush? Would they approve of Cheney, or would there be widespread discontent, much as there would have been if Richard Nixon's Vice President Spiro Agnew had taken up residence in the Oval Office? STEVEN RANDOLPH Lakeland...
Known for his bow ties and his conservatism, Boorstin coined the phrase “pseudo-event” to describe a situation that was staged to get news coverage and mold the public’s perception. He offered the Nixon-Kennedy television debates as his prime example of a staged historical event...