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...into the makeshift bleachers. The Marine Band played the Navy Hymn in Carter's honor, and Walter Mondale was sworn in as Vice President by-at his own request -House Speaker Tip O'Neill. Then came Carter's turn. "Are you ready to take the oath of office?" Chief Justice Warren Burger asked him at precisely 12:03 p.m. No man had ever been readier. While Rosalynn held the family Bible, Carter placed his hand on it; in front of him was the Bible used for George Washington's swearing-in, open to the verse from...
...however, centered on invitations and tickets. Some 300,000 "general invitations" on soft eggshell paper and colorful 16-page guides to the festivities were dispatched from computerized lists. They were meant mainly as souvenirs and included a warning in small type that they were good only for viewing the oath-taking and parade. Somehow one went to an inmate at a Texas state penitentiary, another went to a child who, having been elected president of her grade-school class, had written Carter on how to win the presidency...
Concentrated Stimulus. For all that, Carter's plans have the backing of Washington's Democratic leadership and are likely to be passed by Congress with few changes shortly after the new President takes the oath of office. A good thing too: much of the criticism seems to miss the point - partly because Carter did a less-than-adequate job of explaining his plans. For example, many critics talk as if the $12 billion to $16 billion first-year stimulus would be spread over twelve months. In fact, as Carter did not make clear, it would be concentrated...
Those who oppose universal amnesty take pains to distinguish deserters from draft resisters. The latter, they argue, may have been honestly opposed to the war for reasons of conscience, since they refused to participate from the beginning. Deserters, on the other hand, took an oath to serve in the military, and then reneged on their commitments. Opponents often portray deserters as cowards who fled the battlefield...
...wrong "principles," the paper charged, was seizing power illegally. Chiang Ch'ing had aspired to nothing less than the party chairmanship. Only three days after Mao's death, one member of the gang "arranged for people to write to Chiang Ch'ing affirming their oath of fealty," while the lady herself was reportedly "so eager she couldn't sit still." Another member of the gang was so confident of the plot's success that he had a photographer shoot "standard portraits" of the gang for publication when it took office. The paper further charged that...