Word: earls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are only 79 short, hectic days between the euphoria of Election Night and the solemn Capitol Hill ceremony in which James Earl Carter Jr. will be inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States. They are crucial days for the new Chief Executive, as he selects the official and unofficial brain trust that will work with him in transforming campaign rhetoric into political reality...
Left University of Minnesota after two years when money ran out . . . Operates a 600-acre grain and grass seed farm in Minnesota . . . In 1960s was Agriculture Department's Midwest administrator of price supports, production control and storage programs . . . Lashes Earl Butz's laissez-faire policies . . . Believes in farm price supports, backed by stockpiling if necessary . . . Says that "the free market system ends at our borders-in the world market we must deal with governments" . . . Wants a protective tariff on imported sugar...
Some of Carter's attempts to humanize the presidency are either merely symbolic or trivial, but the attitude is nonetheless refreshing. In one respect, at least, it will help to establish a presidential precedent. Carter intends to go on calling himself Jimmy, not James Earl Jr. It was Jimmy Carter who signed bills, and vetoed some, as Governor of Georgia. It was Jimmy who slogged through 30 primaries. And it was Jimmy whose name was on the ballot in all 50 states on Nov. 2, even though he had to sue the state of Maine to keep it that...
...Earl A. Schreiber Winona, Minn...
...know the strengths and frailties of the two men only too well?and that may be what is giving so many voters pause. There has been too much attention paid by the press to relatively minor flaps: Carter's Playboy interview, Ford's tangled tongue, what to do about Earl Butz. Yet a fairly accurate assessment of each man has emerged...