Word: camps
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...around the world, and America's friends abroad asked ever more worried questions about what the President was attempting to achieve, and at what risk to America's stability. Across the U.S., a people who had at first been bewildered by the President's unprecedented ten-day "summit" at Camp David, then relieved by his forceful speeches on energy, which tried also to set a high national purpose, could only ask: Now what...
...days leading up to his stunning shakeup, Carter had dropped hints about what he had in mind. At Camp David, he remarked to reporters that he was thinking of changing the "structure of my Cabinet." During his TV address on Sunday, he recalled the warning of one summit participant that some Cabinet members "don't seem loyal" and that there "wasn't enough discipline among your disciples...
...weekend, the shaken capital was still groping for a satisfactory explanation of Carter's approach to the firings. His top aides insisted that his mass Cabinet changes, like the Camp David summit, was Carter's way of getting back to the unconventional political style that had worked so well for him during the 1976 election. And so was his attack on the Washington establishment as an "island." Said an aide: "Our biggest mistake has been to operate too traditionally. Policies and programs are not enough. We knew it. We based our campaign on that. But when...
According to one participant, Carter opened the meeting by "scolding the members for disloyalty." The President recapitulated his Camp David decision about asserting new leadership. He said that he would be altering his own "life-style." He said that he had appointed Jordan chief of staff and that there would be Cabinet changes. In the tense atmosphere that followed, Jordan announced that he too was changing his "life-style." Uncertain whether he was joking, no one laughed. Carter went around the table, ladling out criticism and praise. He told Young that several people at the Camp David summit had severely...
...American Book Awards cannot ignore serious writing. But as in a children's summer camp, there will be a prize for nearly everyone. In addition to the standard awards for the best novel and verse, there will be recognition for jacket designs and paperback covers. To reduce further the chance of disappointment, the academy assures its sponsors that a book that does not win in hardback will be eligible to compete in paperback categories the following year...