Word: carterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former Carter Administration official last night said the United States' policy toward the United Nations has undermined the international body's role as an effective arbiter of strife around the globe...
Charles W. Maynes, a former assistant secretary of state under Carter, discussed the U.S.'s "ambiguous" and counterproductive policies toward the international organization as part of the opening ceremonies of the Harvard Model United Nations conference in Boston...
...that the U.N. is in trouble," said the editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He warned that the organization is in jeopardy from "right wing animosity" on one hand and "left wing guilt" from the other. Maynes said the U.S. took the wrong approach toward the U.N. during both the Carter and Reagan administrations...
Instead of grand pronouncements about urban life, Shawn told me that "My Dinner with Andre was quintessential of the Carter era--optimistic, cheerful. It could not be made in the Reagan era. In fact," he continued, "when I see Andre [Gregory], when we meet and talk, we always talk about politics. If we made the movie today we would both be obsessed with the political questions." Again the reality and illusion seemed to mesh too perfectly. He really meets and talks with that crazy guy, Andre. Yet as Wally explained, the issues he defended, some of which he "still believe...
...show opened with the Harvard Jazz Band playing some laid-back blues, followed by an uninspiring arrangement of the Duke Ellington standard "Perdido." Their rousing rendition of Oscar Peterson's "Hallelujah Time" elicited delighted applause from the audience. Excellent solos were performed by Chris Carter, Anton Schwartz, Mark Kaufmann, and Josh Shedroff...