Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...varied -from both Carter backers, who were dismayed despite efforts to rationalize what he had done, and foes. Observed Georgia Democratic Chairwoman Marjorie Thurman, a Carter opponent in state politics: "Bad, bad, bad." South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings expressed hope that "when he becomes President, he'll quit talking about adultery...
...being considered for major appointments if the Democrat wins in November. Jordan is quoted as saying: "If after the Inauguration you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security, then I would say we failed. And I'd quit. But that's not going to happen. You're going to see new faces, new ideas. The Government is going to be run by people you have never heard of." The statement suggests considerable political naivete: why embarrass such men as Vance and Brzezinski, advisers to Kennedy and Johnson...
Marriage Revealed. John W. Jenrette Jr., 40, freshman South Carolina Congressman, a Democrat; and Rita Carpenter, 26, former "opposition research director" for the Republican National Committee; both for the second time; on Sept. 10 in Arlington, Va. Carpenter, whose job was to look for Democratic dirty linen, quit last year when the Republicans objected to her dating a potential research subject...
...Harvard. He may well know some things about the company that I don't. If he does, I will seriously reconsider my decision to work for Southwestern this summer. I refuse to work for an unethical organization, and if Southwestern is one, if I have been conned, I'll quit...
Says Blaine S. Grant, the 45-year-old owner of Sure Deal Motors in Bessemer City: "Racing's like whisky. Someone will spin me out against a wall and I'll get disgusted and quit. By next Tuesday I'll be looking to fix the car so we can race again Saturday...