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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dispute grew about whether Carter had or had not meant to refer to Chappaquiddick, he sent Kennedy a handwritten note, which began: "I won't make a habit of this." That was a quip referring to sending letters to the Senator, rather than a promise not to say anything similar about leadership in the future. Carter said nothing personal had been intended by his comments. Kennedy refused to term the President's note an apology, saying merely, "I appreciate his sending it to me." Did Kennedy expect Carter to make an issue of Chappaquiddick? Replied the Senator...
...superiors, who started a hunt for the animal. The troops in the field, convinced that Washington had lost its mind, reported they knew nothing about any kidnaped baby water buffalo. The Pentagon refused to believe I had made my comment lightly. Back went a query asking to make sure by checking the helicopter for buffalo dung...
...nothing else . . . This amazing, romantic character suits me precisely because to be alone has always been part of my style or, if you like, my technique." I do not believe that I said this in that context or that it was about myself. Ms. Fallaci has consistently refused to make the tapes available to other journalists. And yet she was on to something. The "peace is at hand" press conference had had an electric effect. Coming on top of a year of successful negotiations, it was for me a moment of unusual pride not leavened by humility. Fallaci caught that...
Carter alluded to that embarrassing moment during a black-tie dinner for López Portillo Friday night. Lifting a glass of water?White House servants had not yet filled the wine glasses?Carter promised: "I am determined to make the result of our toast better than in Mexico." He conceded that the U.S. and Mexico "have not always had happy and peaceful relations," but claimed that "the troubled and uncertain times between our two countries are gone forever." López Portillo was slightly less euphoric in his response. He noted that "frank and open communication" was necessary to enhance...
Mexico's "guided democracy" has become so ossified that presidential election campaigns every six years are little more than repetitions of what voters cynically dismiss as "the great paint job." P.R.I. campaign workers plaster every available wall, hut and bridge with absurd slogans (TO NATIONALIZE IS TO DECOLONIALIZE) that make a mockery of the party's claim to be revolutionary. In fact, the campaign is a sham: since the reign of Calles (1924-28) every P.R.I, nominee has been personally selected by his predecessor. The decision is made after secret consultations with a tiny clique of labor leaders, senior civil...