Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plans for the transfer of power. When Watson sent his first memorandum, Carter wrote across the top of it: "Proceed and be bold." Watson really liked that. And Carter knew his man. As the President-elect's principal in Washington for the next ten weeks-and probably a lot longer-the bold Jack Watson will certainly take the boss's advice...
...early days, he recalled later, "I doubt if one out of a thousand of you had ever heard my name. We went into factory shift lines, shopping centers, country courthouses and city halls, livestock sale barns and farmers' markets-to talk a little and listen a lot...
...things, the Ford record would have been the issue. But Jimmy Carter is always going to be somewhat the issue with people who don't know much about him. He's a more complex man than most politicians. At the same time, he is in a lot of ways a very simple man. He is a farmer, he is from a small home town, he's close to his family, he is a religious...
...determination, his commitment. The Playboy thing would have destroyed a lot of lesser candidates...
...also think it's a quality that people can relate to and has been a plus. You know, we never thought it was going to be easy. There were a lot of little mistakes. Concentrating on one state more than another. We had some problems with advance work on the road. But we all made a good effort. In the last ten days of the campaign, I felt like the real differences in the two men started to come through. Ford was very safe, maintaining the status quo, not rocking the boat. Carter [conveyed] the feeling that...