Word: ticketeer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That is a threat to Nixon's 1972 chances that he cannot solve merely by shifting bodies around in Washington. The most important personnel change he can attempt is the replacement of Spiro Agnew on the Republican ticket, but whether he will do so is likely to remain a mystery until the spring of 1972. That decision will be made in cold political terms: Will Agnew add more than he will detract? TIME Senior Correspondent John Steele reports: "At the White House, Agnew's initial campaign bearing was seen as excellent. But by pounding too hard, particularly...
...YORK. Leading the Republican ticket, and the nation's big spenders, was New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Rockefeller, who faced no primary, spent between $7,000,000 and $10 million to win re-election to a fourth term. His Democratic opponent, Arthur Goldberg, spent $2,000,000; Conservative Paul Adams ran on a miserly bankroll that totaled just $50,000. With the Democratic primary expense of unsuccessful Howard Samuels ($1,000,000) added in, the Governor's chair in Albany this year bore a $12-million price...
There is a stowaway on Noah's ark: Jonah. Two By Two is a jinxed musical arch, vulgar, lumbering, stale. It may conceivably make scores of theater- party ticket purchasers curse their favorite charities for months to come. There is, of course, Danny Kaye as Noah, and he does everything short of scat singing a git-begat-gittle number...
...late as yesterday afternoon, due to returns from the football team, the ticket office was still selling seats. Trying to explain the situation, Page said, "You can be completely sold out up to a few minutes before you close and you can still end up with a handful. But these are things you can never predict...
...girl was furious. She had an undergraduate ticket book and wanted to buy a ticket to the Yale game. Our man in the window said, 'but it's for Harvard undergraduates.' She countered, 'but I am a Harvard undergraduate.' He questioned, 'Where did you get it?' She responded. 'At registration,' He said, 'But you live at Radcliffe.' 'No, Adams House,' she answered. We've never had this problem before," mused Page. She was refused the ticket...