Word: pleads
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
...Jones News Service reported that the Justice Department had tentatively agreed to allow Agnew to plead guilty to a minor charge in return for Agnew's resignation...
Richardson's aides were willing to entertain a bargain. What Agnew wanted was of course not possible, they said, but would Agnew be willing to plead guilty to a single charge in the case? In turn, the department was prepared to urge the courts to be lenient with the Vice President after his resignation...
...because Allende's land-reform programs reduced production. The government, as owner of the copper mines, was in deep trouble when world copper prices fell. Foreign reserves totaled $345 million when Allende took office; by the end of last year they had disappeared, and Chile was forced to plead for rescheduling of more than $2.5 billion in international debts. The country was so polarized in the end that Allende was under simultaneous attack by rightists for being too extreme and by leftists for being too timid...