Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite his reputation as a master of political symbolism, Reagan has failed to make the kind of gestures that would defuse some of the hostility in the black community. Of 450 political appointments, only 30 have gone to blacks, a poor record compared with President Carter's. He has appointed no black federal judges. "There is no prejudice in the man," admitted a White House aide, "but his policies do seem to penalize blacks more than anyone else...
...many of those earlier records, says the prints have helped identify victims of fires, airplane crashes and crimes. Few believe, however, that the present print wave will deter many kidnapers or help locate many missing children. Still, for frightened parents it satisfies the need to do something. Says Martha Carter, whose son and two daughters had their prints taken in a Dallas suburb in April: "We mark all our silver. We might as well have some way to identify our children." Then she adds the prayer of every parent with a child's fingerprint card: "I hope to never...
...there was no agreement, he warned, "we will get veto after veto." The fault finding should stop, he argued, and the budget process should be saved. But Democrat Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, who rarely gets angry, railed at the Republican deficits. "If this deficit had been presented by Jimmy Carter," he shouted, "there would have been a serious outcry for his impeachment." Finally, the Domenici proposal was defeated again...
...director under Jimmy Carter, Admiral Stansfield Turner established the Publications Review Board, in essence a censorship committee within the agency to ensure that no secrets crept into print in the writings of former agents. It was Turner who was responsible for the civil prosecution of Frank W. Snepp, whose 1977 book, Decent Interval, a critical study of the agency's role in Viet Nam, was published without prior CIA review, in violation of his contract with the agency. In February 1980, the Supreme Court ordered Snepp to hand over profits from his book to the Government. So far, that...
...local nightspot. Hope savors the moment, then points the direction. As he watches them wiggle off into the night, he nudges his visitor and whispers out of the side of his mouth, "What do you think? You want to go dancing?" - By E. Graydon Carter...