Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Approval of Carter's handling of the nation's affairs has not increased. In fact, confidence in his economic, energy and foreign policies is dismally low (none has a favorable rating higher than...
...handle economic, energy and foreign affairs is nearly three times higher than Carter's abysmally low ratings. Yet only slightly more than a third of the voters express much confidence in Kennedy in these areas, suggesting a widespread skepticism about any President's ability to manage the nation well...
...farms and in the cities, with the whites and with the black Americans, with the old and the young." He talked tough about the Soviets. Approval of SALT, he declared, would "guarantee to the Soviet Union the margin for error that used to be ours." He said the nation must have a President who will "face up to the realities of a Soviet foreign policy that probes every weakness and fills every vacuum...
This is curious commentary but one that leads back to earlier speculation. When it was noted that Carter had taken over a peaceful and prosperous nation, some historians suggested that it might be difficult for a man of so limited experience to learn very much in such a tranquil introduction to power. That does not seem so farfetched...
...made in himself. Some of them: accepting the fact that others often know more than he does, sensing the impact of eloquence in the spoken word, understanding that there need be no conflict between morality and great power, acknowledging that people of wealth and position can help the nation, learning that litigating endlessly and sounding nice is not leadership and that preaching can often do more harm than good...