Word: mightly
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This upheaval contributed to a sense in Washington that time might after all be on the Administration's side, that Iran was sinking gradually into chaos and that Khomeini might be more willing to listen to the President's basic message: Let's make a deal. The Administration, however, carefully avoided raising public expectations that a settlement was in sight. Said a high State Department aide: "I am more optimistic this week than last, but only...
During the interview, Banisadr provided some revealing glimpses into Iranian leaders' misconceptions about Americans. He insisted that by exposing the "entire network of corrupt dealings and ties between the Shah and U.S. Government officials," he might have caused Americans to turn on the Carter Administration. Said he: "It is only this policy that can persuade Americans to push for a different regime." He claimed that the Administration was playing a cynical game with the lives of the hostages. Said he: "I don't think that the Americans are concerned very much about the fate of the hostages. They...
...Cuernavaca, I had the great pleasure of visits from Henry Kissinger and former President Nixon. On the subject of American and international politics, I always found Kissinger much better informed than anyone else. Always true to his principles, he served his country by being fully conscious of the might of the U.S. and of American responsibility for maintaining the balance of power in the world...
Republicans were more outspoken. Said John Connally: "I am sure that Ayatullah Khomeini is pleased to hear Senator Kennedy's remarks." George Bush felt that the statement "might endanger the lives of the hostages" and raises "serious questions about Kennedy's judgment on foreign policy." Press comment was strongly unfavorable and occasionally stinging. The Washington Post: "It wasn't right, it wasn't responsible, and it wasn't smart." The Atlanta Constitution: "Kennedy, in a cynical campaign ploy against the incumbent President who cannot respond, has publicly sided with the Khomeini anarchy in Iran...
...unprepossessing start of the Kennedy campaign has been reflected in the lack of endorsements that might have been expected. A source close to New York Governor Hugh Carey, a Kennedy friend who has not yet committed himself, called the campaign "a plummeting star." In Arizona Kennedy told a crowd that he hoped to carry the state "with a little help from the Udalls." But Liberal Congressman Morris Udall introduced Kennedy only as "the man who some think might be the next President...