Word: moment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They never liked him anyhow. From the moment Jimmy Carter took office, Europeans and many other non-Americans were deeply suspicious of his moralistic preachments and skeptical of his political wisdom. With a combination of fascination and dismay, they read his shifting pronouncements on energy, human rights and monetary policy. They were disturbed by his folksy style, his reliance on a rather young and unworldly circle of advisers from back home, and his insistence on pushing his family to the foreground. Rosalynn's role in White House decision making was unsettling, and Amy's tagging along on state...
...budget deficits. Apparently afraid of being captured by any single adviser, he has listened first to one and then to another. This has been reflected in White House swings of policy and shifts of focus. He has fought first unemployment, then inflation, then the energy war. At one moment Carter has preached a balanced budget and then turned around and sent Congress a health-care plan that would add $24 billion to federal spending. He has said he favors decontrol of energy prices, but has always been reluctant to take such steps...
...great mythology about how men change in the presidency. Harry Truman scoffed at any such notion. "After a certain age," Truman said, "it's hopeless to think people are going to change much." Jimmy Carter may be the one to prove Harry wrong, but the evidence at this moment is that Presidents who try to be what they are not create more chaos than they cure...
Jaffe, it seems, hoped depth of character would make up for lack of direction and action in the plot lines. But each attempt at psychological depth, at developing a character or portraying a crucial moment comes off like so much slop thrown at these cardboard figures to keep the readers interested. Jumping from one woman to another and updating us on their lives requires a lot of fast stepping. Jaffe doesn't turn in much of a performance, however. If you want to see the finale you have to wade through 300 pages of tedium. Expect to be disappointed. There...
Marley is a small thin man against the background of a huge soundstage, but from the first moment he, his two-and-a-half foot dread locks and his dozen-or-so band members walk on stage, 15-20 thousand people focus on him. The concert is billed as a festival of unity, and at this first moment Marley and his crew seem to be successful. All eyes see a man who is both a genius and so stoned he seems about ready to fall over. He sings "Rastaman Vibration." The audience, which was seated until Marley walked on stage...