Word: dinner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Agnew's delight in locker-room bonhomie also leads him astray. Last week, for example. Agnew attended a black-tie stag dinner at the White House for Prince Philip. With remarks from the diplomatic Deans?Acheson and Rusk ?the evening proceeded with a certain urbanity. Then the Vice President rose to propose a toast to the guest of honor. Some people, Agnew began, found his manner of speech alarming, but there was no need to worry about that now: "All of you with tightened sinews and constricted sphincters can relax." A distinct chill settled on the room. One White...
...Keyes, a former writer and co-producer for Laugh-In. Two weeks ago at a meeting of the American Bakers Association, Agnew excused himself by remarking: "The President needs me at the White House. It's autumn, you know, and the leaves need raking." Earlier, at a Gridiron Club dinner, he described the joys of the vice-presidency. "I have my own plane?Air Force 13. It's a glider...
...Sheraton Park Hotel. The capital has transformed the family's domestic life, which in years past consisted largely of lawn sprinklers, pizza, ping-pong in the basement rec room, Sunday afternoons watching the Baltimore Colts on color television. As Governor, Agnew could even have the Colts over for dinner from time to time...
...dinner, in the mirrored dining room, Roy inquired with genuine scientific curiosity when I had last had my hair cut. This led to another question about where I went to school...
...slept after dinner and was reinvigorated: he struck out ahead to search for a cab. As he stomped authoritatively ahead I realized that he was still a tough little kid from the Bronx who, like so many others, felt the unsurpassable need to always be in the lead...