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...reply, O'Neill said to Carter, "The word confrontation doesn't exist in the lexicon on Capitol Hill, at least for the next six months." Republicans also had warm feelings about Carter during his first week, but House Minority Leader John Rhodes warned that their honeymoon with the new Administration might be short. Said he: "Carter's thrown so many dead cats around that we've got to start picking up a few of them." Republicans are especially upset with Carter for pardoning Viet Nam-era draft evaders and promising to cut the defense budget...
...quick resumption of the long-stalled talks on U.S.-Soviet arms limitations (see following story). But at the same time, in line with Carter's conviction that U.S. foreign policy ought to show more concern for human rights, Washington seemed willing to strain what might yet be a honeymoon of sorts with Moscow. The Administration issued some harsh public criticism of the internal affairs of East bloc countries...
...University Sociologist Wayne Youngquist pointed out, Carter "doesn't have a great reservoir of partisan feeling to draw on as a kind of cushion. He's going to have to produce." Added Theologian Martin Marty of the University of Chicago: "A lot of married couples forgo the honeymoon cruise and take up housekeeping right away. He's going to have to do that...
...upcoming series of confirmation hearings is, therefore, an important test of character for the liberal Democrats in the 95th Congress. They can strive for an extended honeymoon with the Carter administration and acquiesce in all his legislative initiatives. Or, profiting by Phil Hart's example in the Eastland case, they can remain friendly but true to their convictions, rejecting Cabinet nominees and policies, that they cannot accept...
...tour with the U.S.S.R. National Gymnastics Team, pulled out three crisp $100 bills in J.C. Penney's to buy the gown and matching veil (total: $225). Olga, 21, plans to be married back home next year. Who is the lucky guy? "Just an ordinary boy," shrugs Korbut. No honeymoon is planned. Says the bride, with no hint of a blush: "If you get all your kicks in one month, what else is left...