Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ever been readier. While Rosalynn held the family Bible, Carter placed his hand on it; in front of him was the Bible used for George Washington's swearing-in, open to the verse from the prophet Micah that Carter quoted moments later in his Inaugural Address. "Congratulations," murmured Burger after the oath. "Thank you," whispered Carter. The Marine Band struck up Hail to the Chief, Army troops fired 75-mm. howitzers from the Ellipse just off Capitol Hill in the traditional 21-gun salute, and Jimmy Carter was President...
...face it. The faculty, which barely, and I mean barely, mustered up enough votes to move the calendar back one week, just does not pay attention to the students, the ones most affected by their decisions. Their recent reform still fails to address the exam problem and the inconvenience of trying to compete for summer jobs with students who finish school in early May. (Heaven forbid that Yale do something right, and a lightening bolt plus two divine interventions should Harvard ever admit it.) Harvard's professors should extend themselves a little more for their students, and moving the college...
...subject of all the celebration, he spent much of last week honing an Inaugural speech that he hopes to keep brief. On reading a volume of all past Inaugural Addresses, Carter especially admired the tight, 1,500-word speech by John F. Kennedy and Woodrow Wilson's esteemed first Inaugural Address. Carter asked his top appointees and various staffers, as well as Mondale, for suggestions. Then, working in his study in Plains, he jotted his ideas on small pieces of paper, arranging them in speech sequence. Speechwriter Patrick Anderson provided a working draft, which Carter revised and polished, reading...
Gerald Ford's last week in office was in keeping with his first. Now as then, he was determined to provide continuity in Government and reassure the American people. "In sum," said he in his final State of the Union address, "I can report that the state of the union is good...
...needs. As for Ford's well-intentioned championing of statehood for Puerto Rico, it left some Puerto Ricans muttering that the White House was trying to force them into a "shotgun wedding." Newly installed Governor Romero, a longtime statehood advocate, offered his opinion in his inaugural address: he pointedly chose not even to mention the Ford proposal...