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...record at Phillips Brooks House mentioned as sponsors the acronym CARP, from the Divinity School...
Only later did the Soviet press begin to carp that capitalist competitiveness had been responsible for undue haste in U.S. space projects. Komsomolskaya Pravda charged that the accident showed the frailty of Reagan's antimissile Star Wars program and asked, "What if lack of caution, a technical defect or sheer chance should bring the world an unforeseen nuclear...
Reagan remains buoyantly confident that he can continue to have it his way. His aides say he fairly floats around the Oval Office these days, unperturbed by the naysayers. His electoral mandate tells him that the people want him to "stay the course." Critics carp that he is too complacent, too set in his ways. Yet Reagan's simple, straight-ahead optimism can be deceiving. In the past, he has shown a shrewd sense of political timing, a knack for changing course at just the right moment. The hard choices of Ronald Reagan's second term will test his instinct...
...character of her work, in consultation with the companies and architects she works for. She prefers to have her tapestries considered at the very inception of a building as an integral part of its design. A good example is the piece that earned her national renown in 1973, the Carp tapestry, which she wove for the Deere & Co. headquarters in Moline, Ill., designed by Eero Saarinen. The theme was suggested by then Deere Board Chairman William Hewitt because the company had just received a gift of 300 colorful carp for its pond from its Japanese supplier. Hernmarck wove a shimmering...
What the nation is awakening to is the fact that First Ladies know Presidents better, and sometimes influence them more than anyone else. As pressures build and critics carp, the President and his wife tend to grow closer. The intriguing thing is that their personal chemistry is virtually unknown to outsiders. A First Lady's warm embrace, cold stare or worried brow can affect her husband's mind and mood, and maybe even shake nations...