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...acrimonious confirmation fight punctuated by charges of personal immorality and corruption. Ever since Territorial Justice James McKean hauled in Polygamist Brigham Young on adultery charges in 1871, federal judges have traditionally warred with the Utah Establishment; Ritter proved to be particularly contrary, and the only substantial victory against him???installation in 1954 of a second Utah federal judge ?failed to mellow...
...will place his left palm on the Bible and raise his right hand. Then, in the now familiar soft and even tones of south Georgia, Jimmy Carter, 52, will take the oath that will make him???just as he was saying all along?the 39th President...
TIME Washington Correspondent Stanley Cloud, who has covered Carter for several months, reports: "Another problem for Carter?and one that will probably persist as the Republicans zero in on him???has been his reputation as a steel-hard, ambitious man for whom winning is the highest value. The description is by no means complete, but there is some truth in it. Carter is a man of striking contradictions. He tirelessly invokes love but can be a tough political infighter. He speaks movingly of the need to help the poor and downtrodden, but he suggests that the solution is to change...
...some points nearly caused the defeat of his major accomplishment as Governor?streamlining the state government by reducing the number of agencies from about 300 to 22. Recalls a top Georgia politician: "He couldn't pass any of his reorganization bill. We had to get it passed for him???or about 60% of it anyway." More recently, Carter?who admits to being "pretty rigid"?showed his stubborn streak by not backing off from his offensive language in the "ethnic purity" flap until he was clearly in danger of losing much of his black support...
Other experts have analyzed the bank robbery film for him???to determine, among other things, whether she was showing fear...