Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surface warships, compared with 72 for the U.S.; and 61 attack submarines, against 27 for the U.S. When it comes to tanks and armored vehicles, the U.S.S.R. has outproduced the U.S. by 54,000 to 11,000. According to Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser in the Carter Administration, Moscow's arms buildup at the expense of development in other areas has turned the Soviet Union into a "onedimensional" world power...
...playwright's words, Traveler is "about a brilliant surgeon, whose intelligence is not enough to save him. Samuel Carter seems to have it all--a beautiful wife, a bright little boy and a dazzling career--but he is a traveler in the dark." Unfortunately, both the bitterness and the self-righteousness of this 40-year-old cynic prove unbearable. Sam preaches his doctrine of atheism and the supremacy of intelligence with more offensive zeal than the loudest Moral Majority proselytizer. Told for so long about his brilliance, Sam comes to believe that he does, in fact, know the truth about...
...Waterston's performance as Sam Carter further exacerbates the problems inherent in creating this character. For the first half of the play, he is a big baby, throwing temper tantrums and quarrelling with his wife and father in front of his young son. Later, when we learn the reason for his aberrant behavior, the excuse seems insufficient. Waterston remains on one level throughout his portrayal of this man who has clearly reached the end of his rope: his rope: his strained hysterics rarely vary...
Since then he has maintained an active role in the government, serving as ambassador to England under President Gerald R. Ford, and as chief U.S. negotiator at the International Law of the Sea conference for President Jimmy Carter...
Reagan did not retire - never wanted to. Nor did Johnson, Nixon, Ford or Carter. Leaving the presidency is tough on the ego. Once you've played the White House game there isn't much else that looks like...