Word: prospects
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Though Carter has a big stake in the outcome of the various contests, he has not taken sides-and will not, unless he wants to alienate the entire Congress. Determined to be a strong President, he cannot be cheered by the prospect of strong leadership in a rival power center. But if he wants to succeed in such goals as reforming the tax structure and revising the welfare system, nothing less than strong congressional leaders will...
...President Anwar Sadat spearheaded the Arab peace initiative. Convinced that only the U.S. can work out a Middle East settlement, he hopes to win the same kind of support from President-Elect Jimmy Carter that he had from Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Sadat also intends to make the prospect of ending the state of war so attractive to the West that the Israelis will have to accept. As one Egyptian official put it last week, "If the Israelis appear to be refusing to end the war, I wonder if they can again get $5 billion from the American Congress...
...home, the book contributed to the quiet movement to take responsibility for the formation of a part of people's lives away from professionals in large businesses, and to assume that responsibility themselves. But the authors are realistic--they admit that most people are afraid to face the prospect of building a house on their own. As Cole says, "They cannot take the first step toward their shelter without thinking they need an architect, an engineer, and a contractor...
What harm was done, in truth?Some of the Nation's trappings were repossessed by some of the Nation's true rulers. On the other hand, I am more than a little Queasy about the prospect of a similar scene - only magnified 10, 20 or an unimaginable number of times. There will not, Sir, I warrant, be enough Trappings to go around...
...make the incoming President look more like a man of the people than did his immediate predecessors. Between 300,000 and 400,000 guests are to be invited to the Jan. 20 festivities-including virtually everybody who in any way helped Carter on his long march to victory. The prospect gives some cause for alarm (see page 10). But the Carter team hopes those who attend will have fun. There are plans to hold as many mass parties -at least six-as the size of the crowd requires. Carter intends to stop in at each one. The capital...