Word: spiros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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August 6-- Vice President Spiro T. Agnew announced that he was under investigation for possible violations of criminal law, including bribery, tax fraud, extortion and conspiracy...
...full two months ago, when the first allegations of Spiro Agnew's involvement in an old-fashioned kickback scheme appeared, his political future had ended. The fire-breathing orator, whose appeals for law and order and tighter control of the press had so frightened liberals, was reduced by a flood of corruption charges to a trapped...
...what of Agnew? His resignation will probably be no deterant to finding another job--one in which he'll almost definitely have more to do than in his old one. When Agnew's nomination for vice president was announced five years ago, the question everyone asked was "Spiro who?" Ten years from now the same question will greet the mention of his name
...precedents are slight, the uncertainties legion. But Vice President Spiro Agnew's situation now seems sure to force the resolution of a number of long open constitutional questions. Last week TIME asked six experts in constitutional law and history to discuss together the complex issues and implications of the case. The six: Raoul Berger, 72, Harvard Law School Senior Fellow and authority on impeachment and Executive privilege; Alexander Bickel, 48, Yale...
...plus postage and handling and fills in a computer card. The kid's name, street number and birth date, and the name of his sister, brother, dog, cat (or other pet) and friend. Let's say Tommy Snooks of 123 Hickory Stick Lane, with Sister Bunny, Brother Spiro, Dog Tuggles, Cat Snuggles, etc. Eventually, from Dart Industries, Inc., which, as the card says, "also brings you Tupperware, Rexall, Vanda Beauty Counselor and West Bend brand family products," comes a book...