Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...around themselves. They agree with his programs-mostly. They want him to succeed-mostly. But they are not certain about him, and so they stand at arm's length, making sure they protect their own turf. A little of the power that Carter surely lost in the Lance affair was gathered in by Bob Byrd...
...that the mere leveling of charges should not force a man out of office. He wanted a chance to state his defense fully. LaBelle, who sat through all the discussions, was more vehement: Bert should not resign. Nevertheless, Jordan flew back to Washington feeling that his warning about the affair's corrosive impact on the President had affected Lance...
...questioning by reporters continued, he took firm control, even managing a smile at times. As read by Carter, Lance's spare letter gave only one reason for resignation, citing "the amount of controversy and the continuing nature of it." The President explained further, conceding that the affair had diverted some of his own attention from more pressing duties and predicting that it would have prevented Lance from devoting full time to OMB if Bert stayed there. Moreover, said Carter, "he needs to go home and take care of his own business"-a reference to Lance's heavy debts...
Another reason for uncertainty is President Carter's tax "reform" program. He was supposed to send it to Congress next week, but the Bert Lance affair so badly distracted and delayed his decision making that the tax package will not be unwrapped until a week or so later. The President is expected to propose cutting tax rates for all individual taxpayers and corporations,* giving business a more generous investment tax credit, and easing the taxation of corporate dividends-but also taxing capital gains as ordinary income and cracking down on expense-account deductions. Businessmen are unsure of not only...
...time he has been out front of most of the Washington press corps. In four years as a New York Times columnist he has helped keep journalistic attention on such languishing scandals as Korean influence buying and John Kennedy's liaison with Judith Campbell Exner. In the Lance affair, Safire for a time had so many fresh allegations that Times editors in New York asked Washington staffers what he knows that they...