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...Radcliffe squad, in contrast, is suffering from a lack of incentive this year, O'Conner said. "We should have 35 girls trying out so they have to work to earn their position," she said. "As it is we have about 20 players, and I have to plead with them to come to practice. It's hard to produce a winning team that...
...convict Agnew on the basis of the collected evidence, said Richardson, would have taken years, "with potentially disastrous consequences to the vital interests of the United States." Considering this, he argued, it had been wiser to accept a compromise that allowed Agnew to plead no contest to a single charge. Then Richardson frankly admitted that no bargain would have been reached if he had not agreed to enter a plea of leniency for Agnew. But he insisted that leniency was justified-that the Vice President's resignation and acceptance of a conviction for a felony were punishment enough. Richardson...
...that he was the subject of a Justice Department investigation. Although Reston did not name Agnew as his source, his piece was obviously based on an interview. "He has been destroyed politically and knows it," Reston wrote. "His view is that he was invited [by the Justice Department] to plead guilty to some charges, but this, in his view, was a cop-out." The story also reported Agnew's determination to stay in office even if indicted-a decision Agnew subsequently announced in his fighting speech in Los Angeles...
Agnew said his decision to resign and plead no contest was based on "my firm belief that the public interest requires swift disposition of the problems which are facing...
Frank B. Freidel, professor of History, said that he was "shocked that the vice president was willing to plead guilty to the crimes...