No. 2 in Third

No. 2 in Third Presidents and religious leaders routinely do well in George Gallup's annual search for the ten men whom Americans admire most, so it was hardly news when Richard Nixon and Billy Graham placed first and second in the latest round. That Spiro Agnew ran a close third behind Graham was something else; Vice Presidents frequently flunk the ten test entirely, and none has ever reached so high an eminence in the poll's previous 21 heats. Hearing the news while in Asia, the Vice President reacted modestly: "Well, it surprised me, but I've never been a person to become infatuated with poll results. I don't take it as any serious indication of impending omnipotence."

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