Word: spiros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Spiro Agnew may not have been a household word when Presidential candidate Richard Nixon nominated the Maryland governor for the vice presidency five years ago. But Agnew's sudden exit from office this week may have won a dubious place in history for the man whose vice presidential fame and presidential aspirations were founded on his public image as a defender of law and order...
Without losing momentum, Breslin swung around a corner to the topic of Spiro Agnew. Interviewed the morning before Agnew resigned, he offered some comic prophecy and analysis...
Governor Francis Sargent who has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Spiro T. Agnew said here yesterday that he has not been offered the job of vice-president by President Nixon...
...Spiro Agnew was hardly a tragic figure burdened by noble intentions or a sense of mission large enough to match his office. His crime was a remarkably petty one, and his conduct as Vice President self-seeking and myopic. Faced with the prospect of a jail sentence, he thought of his office only as a shield between himself and prison, a chip to be offered in the century's most important plea bargaining session. Similarly, White House staffers during the 1972 campaign saw their posts only as means to insure Nixon's re-election, regardless...
...been a privilege to serve with you. May I express to the American people, through you, my deep gratitude for this confidence in twice electing me to be vice president. Sincerely, Spiro T. Agnew...