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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grudging admiration from his critics for his tireless efforts to learn his job, the Vice President delighted two of Washington's most capricious dinner audiences by delivering some of the best political punchlines heard in a long time. Although most of the gags are credited to Laugh-In Writer Paul Keyes, Agnew dropped his lines with professional aplomb, obviously relishing the blend of self-deprecatory humor and sly pokes at his boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vice-Presidency: Agnew Ascendant | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...pines for his bride. Only her presence permits him to wield the quill of independence. For Jefferson to submit to certain hoary newlywed jokes may have seemed essential for a show as commerce oriented as 1776, but it is scarcely a necessity for the real Thomas Jefferson, a writer by gift and a patriot by vocation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Birth of a Jape | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...actor Basil Woolwine. He could just as well have called him Anthony Newley. In the latest case of lifelessness imitating artlessness, Newley continues his long love affair with Newley. Can Heironymus Merlcin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? "is a real ego trip," says the Director-Writer-Star. But it is less a trip than a misfired space shot blasting $1,250,000 to ashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: l-Piece | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Peace--A satire on war taken from the Aristophanes play. Funny and with a nice score by a very different theatrical song writer, Al Carmines. At the ASTOR PLACE THEATRE, 434 Lafayette...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring in New York: The Plays to See | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...American has, in some ways, defined the issues for philosopher and writer by dilineating and living out the philosopher's worst fears of oppression, suppression, loneliness, and irrationality, then the crucial place for a surge of newness is surely America. The best use of Sartre and Camus, then, is in the home...

Author: By Hal Eskesen, | Title: The Spirit of American History | 3/26/1969 | See Source »

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