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Chandler, who wears a Spiro Agnew watch, does not think he is unduly coddling his men: "The guys today are a lot more sophisticated than when I came in to the Navy. These old farts, the admirals, just don't see this. The old way of doing things not only perpetuated bureaucracy but also mediocrity. That old saying, 'If it moves, salute it; if it stands still, paint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Humanizing the U.S. Military | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...From Spiro Agnew, help to save...

Author: By Martin H. Kaplan, | Title: Hey, What Rhymes With Heimert? | 12/18/1970 | See Source »

...politicized person who has everything-including an Agnew wristwatch and a Spiro shirt-Santa Claus has several new possibilities in store. Those inclined to put the Vice President on the receiving end may look forward to a Spiro Agnew wastebasket, with decorations commemorating his crowning victories on the golf course and tennis court. A windup Richard Nixon box looks something like a toaster and contains a loose-jointed figure in the presidential image that dances to a tinkly Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay. Strangely silent, however, is the forthcoming Martha Mitchell doll, authorized by the Attorney General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 14, 1970 | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

Duffey, Studds and a lot of other people lost last month for a variety of reasons, not all to do with the war or campus radicals or Spiro Agnew. Just maybe this year's setbacks will provide valuable lessons for 1972. At any rate, there is an election in two years and something has to be done again...

Author: By William B. Hamilton, | Title: The Studds Campaign: A Postscript | 12/12/1970 | See Source »

...room resounded with laughter when he told Chairman William Fulbright: "The intelligence in this mission was excellent." It was?but only up to the crucial point of whether or not prisoners were still at Son Tay. "Obviously the raid wasn't successful because of faulty intelligence," said Vice President Spiro Agnew from Palm Springs where he was golfing. Laird's only explanation was feeble: "We have not been able to develop a camera that sees through the roofs of buildings." The Pentagon insists that since prisoners are exercised only rarely in the open, there is simply no way to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Acting to Aid the Forgotton Men | 12/7/1970 | See Source »

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