Word: graspings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ford's grasp of foreign policy and even his mere competence were called into question during his debate with Carter when he insisted that the Soviet Union does not dominate Eastern Europe...
...series series of interviews with family and aquaintances, while McCarthy relied solely on public sources. Given the circumstances, McCarthy must have been tempted to consult his predecessor's text. Yet she is footnoted only once in the biography, to recommend her work for a contrasting opinion. Considering the deft grasp of history displayed in Celine, you'd expect Patrick McCarthy to be a shrewder politician...
...campaigner who likes to meet people in public, has a deep sense of privacy and relaxes by taking solitary walks in the Georgia woods. Both are highly intelligent. But Carter is a quick study, introspective and contemplative; Ford assimilates information more slowly, but has an impressive grasp of complex and diverse subjects. Fred Greenstein, a political science professor at Princeton, believes that Carter is sometimes "almost too cool in his capacity to turn the other cheek," but he displays flashes of anger ("when he's hot, he's very hot"), which Greenstein contrasts with Ford's equanimity...
...through intelligence, not faith, that Carter and his young campaign manager Hamilton Jordan analyzed this year's lineup of primaries and devised a meticulous, prescient plan for using them to win the nomination. And it was intelligence, of course, that enabled Carter to grasp the intricacies of many, though certainly not all, national issues while simultaneously campaigning around the country...
...President's strategists view it, the debate offers Ford two large opportunities. First, as a man with 28 years in Government, he can show himself as a leader with a broad grasp of all the issues. Ford-can be impressive in his presentation of an argument. Last February, during the New Hampshire primary campaign, he delivered to state and local officials an explanation of the new federal budget that some observers thought-remarkable, considering the subject-was outstanding in its detail and clarity. As House minority leader in the '60s, standing in the well of the House...