Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a brief stint as Uncle Carl's congressional counsel, Nunn returned to Perry and won election to the state house in 1968. Three years later his goal was to create a new congressional district, for which, naturally, he would run. But a man named Jimmy Carter was Governor, and Carter favored a different reapportionment scheme. Let down by Carter, whom he had supported for years, Nunn challenged the man Carter appointed to the U.S. Senate. "I was only 33 then," says Nunn, "a junior legislator. Even Uncle Carl said I couldn't win, but I felt...
Evans says that after the Second World War, more presidents started to come from Congress, with the exception of Carter and Reagan...
...Dana Smith 26 36-104 .346 1-5 .20056-73 .767 42-1.6 72 32 12 9 5.0 Mal Hollensteiner 23 43-100 .430 0-0.000 19-32 .594 87-3.8 7 7105 4.6 Eric Carter 18 24-42 .571 0-0 .00016-31 .516 34-1.9 2 4 643.6 Tedd Evers 14 17-44 .386 4-10 .4009-16 .563 16-1.1 10 6 473.4 Mike Minor 4 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 5-6 .883 6-1.5 2 0 11 2.8 Ian Smith...
...Smith 24 33-93 .355 1-5 .20054-69 .783 39-1.6 72 30 121 5.0 Mal Hollensteiner 22 43-100 .430 0-0.000 19-32 .594 87-4.0 7 7105 4.8 Tedd Evers 12 17-41 .415 4-10 .4007-14 .500 13-1.1 9 5 453.8 Eric Carter 17 23-40 .575 0-0 .00016-31 .516 33-1.9 2 3 623.6 Mike Minor 4 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 5-6 .883 6-1.5 2 0 11 2.8 Ian Smith 5 4-15 .267 0-1 .0004-6 .667 9-1.8 7 2 12 2.4 David...
Aaron's tale bristles with arcana picked up during the author's career in Washington, where he served as deputy to Zbigniew Brzezinski on President Carter's National Security Council, and on Wall Street, where he is a board member of the Oppenheimer investment firm. At times, Aaron can get carried away with brand names, as when he notes that a character was able to fall asleep on a plane "despite a monster roar from the four Rolls-Royce SNECMA Olympus 593 jet engines." But he manages to keep his plot shifting as fast as the ticks in the price...