Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...woman in this country has in-depth, firsthand knowledge of the presidency, it is Rosalynn Carter...
Reagan's roll could grind to a halt, however, if the economic recovery fizzles. "The economy is the ball game this year. Everything depends on it," concedes a top Reagan aide. Imagery is fragile. Jimmy Carter seemed refreshingly down-home in his blue jeans and cardigan until inflation rocketed and the Ayatullah Khomeini seized Iran and the hostages; then he looked to many like a peanut farmer in over his head. Reagan cuts a fine figure at ceremonies, but in hard times he might seem much too blithe and out of touch. The Democrats will argue, of course, that...
...Carter discovered from the reaction to his ill-conceived "malaise" speech in 1979, it is harder to run on bad news than good...
...details of two funds were surrounded by mystery for more than three years. It gradually became known that they had raised and spent roughly $1 million, mostly in money from private donors, to smooth the transition from the Carter to the Reagan Administration. But the General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress, was refused access to the books. Leaks about who got how much from the funds appeared; White House aides reportedly quarreled among themselves about how much to disclose and when Jacob Stein, the special prosecutor who is looking into the financial affairs of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, asked...
...biggest single disbursement, $86,047.93, went to the law firm headed by Joseph Califano, an ardent Democrat and member of the Carter Cabinet. Califano says the payment covered his fee and expenses incurred in representing Alexander Haig, an old friend, at the Senate hearings that led to Haig's confirmation as Secretary of State...