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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years later, midway through the first Carter term, I'm back to see how the place is changed. From the mobbed television scenes of presidential trips back, I anticipate the worst. And the last few miles of the drive are ominous (you fly to Albany, drive 40 miles north). My favorite American road sign is gone now -the darkly mysterious "Dot's Topless Oyster Bar"-but a mange of new signs has broken out, for gift shops, campgrounds, ice-cold Billy beer (all the remains of that sunken venture have drifted hither). Just beyond the agricultural experiment station...
First he injected a touch of understated humor: "I've been coming to this city in one capacity or another for nearly 40 years, and I'm beginning to like the place. Wouldn't mind living here, in fact." (Laughter.) The smile faded. Next came a moment of graciousness: "I believe President Carter is a sincere, patriotic, hard-working man who wants very much to have a successful Administration." (A pause.) "But these qualities are insufficient to provide effective leadership...
...settle for second best, though he once swore he never would. "Standby equipment," he contemptuously said of the vice presidency. "I don't think I'm cut out to be a No. 2 type of guy." He was not, but he served Gerald Ford loyally and, when the President decided his No. 2 would be a liability in winning the 1976 nomination, Rockefeller withdrew without a murmur of protest...
...m very reluctant at this point, after spending three weeks of your time, my time, and everyone else's time to see a matter end this way," Gasch said yesterday...
Last week's Chinese-style wall posters and letter to former President Richard M. Nixon may be symptoms of a rift among the executive board of the Harvard Republican Club, club officers agreed last week...