Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Come what might-or May-much of the nation was caught up in the spirit of renewal. When the wet season in Northern California turned up bone dry, about 2,000 San Franciscans, a few dressed in foul-weather gear, staged a modern rain dance in the Hyatt Regency hotel. They foxtrotted to Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, April Showers and Stormy Weather. The dance was not dry; the weather stayed...
Though the Oval Office is symbolic of the presidency-the literal venue of the nation's power-Carter tends to use it only for ceremonial occasions and special meetings. Most of his day is spent in his adjacent small study, which is connected to the Oval Office by a short passageway. The room is sunny, the decor simple yet elegant; long curtains, gold carpet, white couch, two green easy chairs that are prime candidates for recovering. His personal secretary, Susan Clough, sits in an office adjacent to the study. When she is not typing letters or penciling...
...entire family is waiting for him in the cavernous West Sitting Hall: Rosalynn, wearing a red sweater, kissing the President as he enters; Amy, ready for bed in an ankle-length nightgown; the President's mother, Miss Lillian, whom the nation has come to think of as indefatigable, now using a wheelchair because of the arthritis in her legs; Rosalynn's mother; Sons Chip and Jeff and their wives. Like the President, the other members of the Carter clan seem tired. Chip is holding his six-week-old son James Earl Carter IV in his arms. The baby...
...shock wore off, Rabin won sympathy and applause from Israelis for giving up power. Said the English-language Jerusalem Post: "He has done a service to the nation by his act. It will help clarify the standards of rectitude that the nation expects from its public officials." Rabin, however, left his government in a constitutional and political mess. Technically, he could not resign; that is against Israeli law. When he called for elections last December, Rabin became head of a caretaker government; now he cannot abdicate that responsibility. Explained an Israeli legal expert: "Even if the government allowed Rabin...
...Eamon McEneaney (20-61-81), who succeeds French as the best attackman in the nation, returns to run an offense that will feature new faces but the same old explosiveness. All-American goalie Dan Mackesey is back to head an experienced, ironclad defense...