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...survey portrays a President in considerable trouble on a wide variety of issues (see chart) as he approaches the halfway mark of his first term. Of the respondents, 37% say they think less well of him now than when he first took office; only 11% think better of him. Moreover, Carter's image of trust has blurred. While 46% think he is a leader who can be trusted, 49% have doubts about...
...power plant was floated into position over 4,000 submerged pilings last month. Then water under the pilings was drained, and Brazil's Munguba district, which before Ludwig was little more than a swatch of forest, got a new industrial enterprise. Why was the plant towed halfway round the globe instead of being built on the site? Says an I.H.I, spokesman: "It would have taken far more time to build so sophisticated a project there, with inadequate roads and cargo-handling facilities...
Carter's attacks on the Soviets represent a major policy change. Since entering office, the President has generally followed Vance's moderate approach of amiable cooperation with the Soviets. Indeed, Carter feels that he has gone more than halfway. He shelved the B-1 bomber. He deferred production of the neutron bomb. He toned down his human rights campaign a bit. He softened his initially tough SALT proposals...
Matthew, 5, is enrolled in the local Head Start program, where he receives free breakfasts and lunches. Mark, 14, is a problem. Last year, after a family fight, he ran away from home and spent a week in a halfway house-paid for by HEW'S Office of Children, Youth and Families...
President Carter has threatened to veto the bill if it passes, but instead of fighting any price fixing, he has come forward with a halfway measure. It would pay subsidies to farmers and, in effect, boost sugar prices to 14.4¢ per Ib. This proposal would cost the public an extra $120 million in direct payments, plus possibly millions more to underwrite federal support if sugar prices fail to rise high enough to enable farmers to redeem their Government loans. The Administration proposal has so little support on Capitol Hill that no Congressman has agreed to sponsor it. Because...