Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter's share of the blame is significant. Though intelligent, he has noteworthy lapses of judgment, especially about people. His intense loyalty to his staff makes him reluctant to fire those who may have served him well in his campaign but have demonstrated limited ability at the national level. (No Administration in recent memory has been so close to the mid-term mark with so few significant personnel changes as Carter's has.) Finally, his deep moralism and evangelistic background at times seem to have persuaded him that it is enough to preach the good word or introduce...
Undaunted, Mrs. Carter keeps in touch with what goes on beyond her surprisingly bare desk in a small, unpretentious East Wing office. She slips into Cabinet meetings and high-level briefings, like the one held this month by Vice President Walter Mondale on his return from a Middle East trip. "I try to stay knowledgeable," she explains. "I just try to keep up with what is happening." Then, in her quiet way, she tells Carter what she thinks. And he listens...
...against the rapidly faltering Chicago White Sox on Monday and Tuesday, because the way the Pale Hose have been playing lately they couldn't draw a full house if Wilbur Wood promised to arrive on the mound in a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. Of course, given the level of bloodlust in Boston lately, there may well be a big crowd...
...POINT, any money The Crimson receives from the Summer School is in the form of fees paid for services such as advertising or subscriptions. To infer from this relationship that The Crimson is obliged to provide students with staff positions for reasons other than perceived ability--as some low-level administrators in the school have maintained in the past--is a truly puzzling exercise in deduction...
...Fischer has not played at the world class level since 1972. and has most recently been in the news as a result of his involvement with the Worldwide Church of God. a California-based Fundamentalist group...