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Spiro Theodore Agnew was the thirty-ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth governor of Maryland. He is most famous for his resignation in 1973 after he was charged with the crime of federal income tax evasion. The move ended a quick rise in politics starting with his election as Baltimore County executive in 1962. His resignation triggered the first use of the 25th Amendment, as the vacancy prompted the appointment and confirmation of Gerald Ford, the House Minority Leader, as his successor. Agnew was born Spiros Anagnostopoulos November 9, 1918, in the Towson area of Baltimore County. Raised as a Democrat, Agnew later switche...
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the thirty-ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth governor of Maryland. He is most famous for his resignation in 1973 after he was charged with the crime of federal income tax evasion. The move ended a quick rise in politics starting with his election as Baltimore County executive in 1962. His resignation triggered the first use of the 25th Amendment, as the vacancy prompted the appointment and confirmation of Gerald Ford, the House Minority Leader, as his successor. Agnew was born Spiros Anagnostopoulos November 9, 1918, in the Towson area of Baltimore County. Raised as a Democrat, Agnew later switched parties and became a Republican. His most famous lines came in a 1970 speech, when he attacked the media as "nattering nabobs of negativism" and "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history." In his later years, Agnew was an international trade executive and had homes in Maryland and California. Agnew died Sept. 17, 1996, at the age of 77.
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Chance to hear jury at work evaporates
Police have long complained that Baltimore juries don't believe them, especially when it comes to drug busts, making convictions difficult if not near impossible. Residents, especially in the inner city, have long equated the war on drugs with police...Tags: Judges, Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Al Pacino, Values
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John W. Spurrier, U.S. marshal
John W. Spurrier, a retired federal marshal to whom Vice President Spiro Agnew surrendered amid a political corruption scandal, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. The longtime Original Northwood resident...Tags: Fort Meade, Clubs and Associations, U.S. Army, Fraud, National Government
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Want to be taken seriously, UCF? Beat the Miami Hurricanes
Running off at the typewriter. ... 0-20. Nothing else needs to be said. 0-20. That's UCF's lifetime record against Top 25 teams. 0-20. That is the reason UCF fans feel persecuted and picked on. 0-20. Until that changes. UCF will always be an...Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Florida State University, New England Patriots, Rush Limbaugh, Tim Tebow
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The Pontchartrain Hotel Reopens
ABC26 NewsThe list of people who've walked through these rooms is endless. "Bob Hope, Joe Fontane, Yule Brenner, Phyllis Diller, Gaga Gabor, Tennessee Williams." If only walls could talk. "Ginger Rogers. Frank Sinatra actually tickled the ivories in the piano bar,...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tennessee Williams, Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, New Orleans
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William Safire, speechwriter and Pulitzer-winning columnist, dies at 79
Associated PressPulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist, language expert and former White House speechwriter William Safire has died. He was 79. His assistant Rosemary Shields says Safire died this morning at a Maryland hospice. She says he had been diagnosed with...Tags: Periodicals, New York Times, Mass Media, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The White House
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William Safire, Nixon Speechwriter, Conservative NY Times Columnist Dies At 79
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist, language expert and former White House speechwriter William Safire died Sunday, his assistant said. Safire, who was 79, had been diagnosed with cancer and died at a hospice in Maryland,...Tags: Bill Clinton, Periodicals, Awards and Prizes, Journalism, Bert Lance
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NY Columnist; Speechwriter William Safire Dies at 79
Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist, language expert and former White House speechwriter William Safire died Sunday, his assistant said.
Safire, who was 79, had been diagnosed with cancer and died at a hospice in Maryland, assistant Rosemary...Tags: Bill Clinton, Periodicals, Awards and Prizes, Bert Lance, Journalism
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Conservative Columnist William Safire Dies
Associated PressNEW YORK -- William Safire, the conservative columnist and word warrior who feared no politician or corner of the English language, died Sunday at age 79. The Pulitzer Prize winner died in Maryland, his assistant Rosemary Shields said. He had been...Tags: Periodicals, New York Times, Mass Media, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The White House
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Cronkite, the 'most trusted man in America,' remembered as 'an icon'
AP Television WriterThe death of Walter Cronkite elicited tributes from colleagues, presidents past and present, world-famous astronauts and those who hoped in vain to fill his empty anchor chair. Cronkite died with his family by his side Friday night at his Manhattan...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, United States, Television Industry, Mary Tyler Moore, Houston
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Cronkite, Called 'Most Trusted Man in America,' Remembered as 'An Icon'
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The death of Walter Cronkite elicited tributes from colleagues, presidents past and present, world-famous astronauts and those who hoped in vain to fill his empty anchor chair, all honoring the avuncular face of TV journalism who...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, United States, Television Industry, Mary Tyler Moore, Houston
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Walter Cronkite's star will be forever aligned with moon landing
He was our guide to the news during one of this nation's most eventful periods, so it was almost inevitable Walter Cronkite's death would coincide with the anniversary of some momentous occasion or another to be remembered through the prism he provided....Tags: NBC, National Government, Government, CBS Corp., Walter Cronkite
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Grand Rapids: A relaxed urban getaway
Tribune reporterI'm sitting with my wife on the fringe of Rosa Parks Circle as a multiracial band blasts bluesy tunes for a small but very receptive crowd--it's like a Dave Matthews concert in miniature--and it occurs to me that, for the slightly stressed Chicagoan, this...Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Keith Haring, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Culture
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