Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter's style of leading that may be at the heart of the problem. Although he is Chief of State of the world's most powerful nation, he seems more comfortable wearing his famed cardigan than the mantle of presidential leadership. Perhaps in an attempt to avoid the trappings and pitfalls of the imperial presidency, Carter has been too reluctant to assert himself, to lean on people, to operate, in a sense, with the ruffles and flourishes that this one job of all in the U.S. may demand. As admirable a trait as this may be in many...
...generally credited with, as well as his sense of purpose, or so it is said. As Jody Powell sums it up, 'He'll have to stand or fall on what he's really like. He's got his particular style of operating, of leadership, and in the long run he'll be judged on that, up or down...
...truth is that Mr. Begin is a Jewish patriot, honest, compassionate and peace-loving, as are the majority of Israelis who support him and are pleased with his leadership...
...place. To make matters worse, in Soviet eyes, the Administration has recently appeared to be courting Peking in order, as Brezhnev angrily put it, to "play the 'Chinese card' " against Moscow. All of this has perhaps boosted the fortunes of the internal security forces within the Soviet leadership while undermining those factions favoring accommodation with the West. Most State Department analysts have concluded that in the Kremlin "the cops are exercising their authority...
What the players communicate with no little success is the resilience of spirit of that period. The number F.D.R. Jones, inserted from another musical, is a clue to the social significance of Pins and Needles. Through magnetic eloquence and leadership, Franklin D. Roosevelt was able to restore the Depression-bruised American people's confidence in themselves. Having come through that ordeal, they were ready for World...