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Yet another vital difference between supporting Israel and supporting Viet Nam must be acknowledged. Unlike Viet Nam, whose geographical relationship to the superpowers was peripheral, the Middle East is a critical area of contention. Prolonged active warfare between two sides, each supplied by a great power, could easily involve the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: How Deep Is the U.S. Commitment to Israel? | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

Wild Assertions. Among Agnew's few consolations were President Nixon's appeal "for compassion" for the man he had twice personally selected to be his running mate and some grudging praise by editorialists for his placing the national interest above his own by resigning rather than waging a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Week of Shocks | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

Two days later, it was obvious that Israel was not doing as well as Bloom had expected, and he started thinking about what he could do to help in what appeared to be the start of a protracted Israeli war effort. He went to a rally in Brookline where the...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Answering Israel's Call | 10/19/1973 | See Source »

The most difficult decisions are often those that are the most personal, and I know your decision to resign as vice president has been as difficult as any facing a man in public life could be. Your departure from the administration leaves me with a great sense of personal loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Letters From Agnew To President Nixon and Kissinger | 10/11/1973 | See Source »

Jurisdiction Fight. Such a course would be designed to avoid a protracted legal struggle over the constitutional question of whether a Vice President must be impeached before facing any criminal charges in the courts. But TIME has learned that such a clash may be imminent anyway. Agnew's lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Agnew's Case Goes to the Grand Jury | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

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