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...Liberals got into trouble because of Trudeau's reputation for arrogance, and also because voters are confused by a series of policy flip-flops and fudges stretching back over a year. After campaigning hard against wage and price controls as a cure for Canada's double-digit inflation, Trudeau abruptly introduced them last October, alienating labor. Shortly afterward, the Prime Minister unsettled the business community by announcing that the "free-market system" in Canada was dead. What he meant was that new solutions, possibly government-imposed, would have to be found for the persistent problem of stagflation. Many...
Taking on Carter, Ford will stress his own "experience" and speak often of the need for "trust." Carter, he is already saying, lacks experience and should be viewed with suspicion because "he is the biggest flip-flopper I know." Not only that, Ford has claimed that Carter inspires widespread public "fear and apprehension" because of his inexperience in foreign affairs...
Carter will try to turn Ford's vetoes against him by stressing "the human suffering" that they have caused. Ford is also guilty of some flip-flops of his own, notably on energy, taxes and support for national parks. As he did in the primaries, Carter will emphasize the fact that he is not a Washington man. He will continue to try to appeal to the hearts of Americans by saying he would work for a government as good as they are. If the Republicans get rough, Carter is ready to respond in kind. Says one senior aide: "He knows...
...Brown, Carter starred at a reception given by Actor Warren Beatty at the swank Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Waiting to play Gucci-footsie with the Georgia peanut farmer were the likes of Diana Ross, Louise Lasser, Peter Falk, Carroll O'Connor and Faye Dunaway. Responding to Beatty's flip comment that the guests were "pinkos, leftists, Commies," Carter quipped, "It is a real thrill to meet the famous people here tonight. I hope I don't get to know too much about you." When Actor Tony Randall noted, "You've never met with people of this level...
...circles above her cheeks; a Kean-eyed elf. Then, with no more strain than it would take to raise a hand to a friend, she is airborne: a backflip, landing on the sliver of a bar with a thunk so solid it reverberates; up, backward again, a second blind flip, and a landing. No 747 ever set itself down on a two-mile runway with more assurance or aplomb. She leaps, twists, spins, and the 18,000 people in Montreal's Forum realize that they are witnessing an exhibition of individual achievement that is truly Olympian. The judges agree...