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“Bad news drives out good news. The irrational is more controversial than the rational. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent. One minute of Eldridge Cleaver is worth ten minutes of Roy Wilkins. The labor crises settled at the negotiating table is nothing compared to the confrontation that results in a strike ... normality has become the nemesis of network news.”

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The Impudent Snobs: Agnew Vs. the Intellectual Establishment

This book delves into the public and private disputes between the political figure J. Edgar Hoover and the intellectual elite, exploring the dynamics of their interactions and the societal implications of their conflict. more

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Spiro T. Agnew
Spiro T. Agnew

Spiro T. Agnew was a former Vice President of the United States. He was born on November 9, 1918, and died on September 17, 1996. Agnew's political career was marked by his resignation due to corruption, making him the first Vice President in U.S. history to resign over a scandal. more

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“The era of appeasement must come to an end. The political and social demands that dissidents are making of the universities do not flow from sound basic educational criteria, but from strategic considerations on how to radicalize the student body, polarize the campus and extend the privileged enclaves of student power.”

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