Word: rosalynn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...would be, some said, a sort of assistant President, a second Eleanor Roosevelt, a presidential wife of high purpose and influence. But after 18 months in the White House, Rosalynn Carter remains something of an enigma, her public statements rare, her public activities largely ignored. She seems to be the First Lady nobody knows...
...Carters' trip to Germany, Rosalynn delighted the burgomaster of Linz by grabbing his arms and rushing him into a polka-like Schunkeltanz in the street. She captivated Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's wife, Loki, who invited herself along on sightseeing tours in Bonn. But Mrs. Carter's ambitions and influence in more substantial areas remain difficult to assess. "Rosalynn is still uncertain what to do and how to do it," says Mary King, her friend and deputy director of ACTION. "She has not found the ideal mesh between her personality and her interests, and the institution...
...problems. "My talks saved Jimmy a lot of time," she told Washington Correspondent Johanna McGeary last week, "because he can pick up where I left off." There were other criticisms, though, of such foibles as her creation of a special seal for her trip. Says one longtime acquaintance: "Rosalynn revels in the servants and the service. She gets a thrill out of hobnobbing with celebrities...
Despite such tensions, Schmidt made the first gesture in trying to repair relations with Carter by unexpectedly appearing at the airport to welcome him to Bonn. The Chancellor and his wife Hannelore rode with the President, Rosalynn and Amy in an armored U.S. limousine to the modest residence of U.S. Ambassador Walter Stoessel, where the Carters spent four nights. Schmidt assumed the role of gracious national host, and Carter proved a properly courteous guest...
...giving Carter a warm reception. He stirred none of the passions aroused by John Kennedy in 1963, but hundreds of thousands of Berliners lined the streets between the Platz der Luftbriicke and the Brandenburg Gate to watch him pass. At the grim wall that divides the city, Carter, Rosalynn and Amy mounted a platform along the border and looked through field glasses at the forbidding, obstacle-studded no man's zone and at East German guards staring back. During the night, the East Germans had whitewashed about 200 yds. of the wall to cover up anti-Communist graffiti...