Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the lowest point of Gerald Ford's unsuccessful 1976 presidential campaign came during a debate in which he asserted, "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe." He specifically cited Yugoslavia, Rumania and Poland as being "independent" and "autonomous." Those remarks were seized on by his opponent, Jimmy Carter, as proof that Ford lacked the foreign policy expertise to lead...
Darman's observation -- oddly reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's much maligned 1979 "malaise" speech on the nation's shrinking horizons -- was acute. But even as he was speaking, Darman and others in Government were obscuring the size of the federal deficit through slick bookkeeping and legislative tricks and promising bold new programs that they knew the federal budget could not sustain...
...were once in a golden age, now we're in an iron age, a dark age. McDonald's at baseball games. Domes. Pete Rose. Revolving players. No longer Rice for Boston. No longer Carter for the Mets. No continunity. Who are these players...
Alford, a 1977 graduate of the Law School, is a widely recognized expert on the field of Chinese law who has published numerous papers and consulted with such politicians as former President Jimmy Carter and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis...
...which raw U.S. power should have been used quickly and decisively? It is one of the oldest and most difficult questions in the two centuries of the American presidency. Almost every occupant of the Oval Office has had to answer it at some time. In our age, Jimmy Carter hesitated on Iran and was dumped. Ronald Reagan's boldness in Libya and Grenada elevated his presidency...