Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mistrust among Democrats is not as severe as during 1968 and 1972, when Viet Nam was the viciously divisive issue within the party. But a continued fight this summer could make the animus between Hart and Mondale as corrosive as that between Kennedy and Carter in 1980. Advisers in both camps still say that a reconciliation at the convention is likely, although a Mondale-Hart ticket (which could make sense for both men) remains problematic. Since there are no great ideological divisions between them, whether they achieve solidarity will depend on how well they can temper their personal rivalry...
...front runner before the convention, even if he continues to add to his delegate total. The momentum, they say, is once again with Hart. Hart's aides will snipe away at Mondale's labor ties and seize every opportunity to link his name and record to Jimmy Carter's. They even hope to pin part of the blame on Mondale for the Soviet withdrawal from the Summer Olympics. "I'll be interested in just what his role was in the Olympic boycott in 1980, now that it's been thrown back in our face," coyly...
...political excesses kept him from crushing George McGovern in 1972. By the summer of 1973 the bulk of the Watergate crimes was beginning to crush him despite his stunning achievements in foreign policy. Every old sin, real and imagined, rose like a specter in the public revulsion. For Jimmy Carter it was about the time when interest rates and inflation were both hovering near 20%, the Soviets were machine-gunning their way around Afghanistan and American hostages were being held in Iran that a lot of Americans abruptly decided that his blue jeans were really tacky, his goodness unreal...
...deficits, remains. He was reappointed in August 1983 to a new four-year term, and is expected to stay in his job at least until 1985. Volcker is accustomed to seeing the Federal Reserve become a political target in an election year. During the 1980 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter attacked Fed policies as "ill advised" and grumbled about the "strictly monetary approach to making decisions...
NONFICTION 1. Eat to Win, Haas (1) 2. Motherhood, Bombeck (2) 3. Nothing Down, Allen (4) 4. Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do!, Schuller (3) 5. Past Imperfect, Collins (5) 6. First Lady from Plains, Carter 7. Balls, Nettles and Golenbock (6) 8. More from Your Wok, Better Homes and Gardens (9) 9. Caveat, Haig 10. Putting the One Minute Manager to Work, Blanchard and Lorber...