Word: forcefullness
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By early April Carter had lost patience with the frustrating process of trying to deal with Iran's changing leadership and the erratic Khomeini. He thought he had reached agreement for the Iran government to take control of the hostages from the more zealous militants, but Khomeini squelched any deal...
The gravest question that Anderson has raised is about the future of the two-party system. Millions of voters feel disfranchised under that system, and Anderson, as a forceful and intelligent candidate who could not find a voice in it despite 20 years of faithful party service, will deepen that...
That scene last week illustrated one of the odder paradoxes of this strange political year. Heading into the April 22 Pennsylvania primary that he must win to retain even a long-shot chance for the presidency, Teddy Kennedy has reversed the usual candidate's emotional progress. At the start of...
But the situation could well be reversed by primary day; while voters may be souring on Carter, they have shown in primary after primary that they have not set aside their doubts about Kennedy's character. The Senator encounters the Chappaquiddick issue almost everywhere he goes. Last week in the...
The son of an Alabama tenant farmer, Owens was a schoolboy track star in Cleveland. He worked his way through Ohio State as a night elevator operator, and after his Olympic triumphs pursued a variety of jobs: disc jockey, bandleader, salesman. A forceful speaker, he eventually prospered as a lecturer...