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...Portillo." The guests at the elegant reception given by the Secretary and his wife Nancy in Mexico City last week raised their glasses, then waited expectantly to see how the trim, attractive woman in the turquoise evening gown would handle herself. Taking the microphone, Rosalynn Carter began to speak-and the assembly and the evening were hers...
...speak much Spanish," she conceded, in Spanish. "But when my husband is President next year, I am going to study more, and then return and visit you again. Thank you very much." Although Rosalynn and Jimmy have visited Mexico many times, her Spanish was rusty (as is Jimmy's), and she practiced her phrases with the maids in the U.S. embassy...
...Stride. LÓpez Portillo's inauguration was the next First Lady's first venture on the international diplomatic circuit. Although she was not part of the official U.S. delegation, which was headed by Kissinger and included Jack Ford, Rosalynn was carefully singled out for attention by the new Mexican President and his wife Carmen...
...While Rosalynn looked over the nearby public school that nine-year-old Amy may attend,* Carter held court in the red, book-lined library on the second floor of Blair House. He was briefed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Treasury Secretary William Simon, HEW Secretary David Mathews, Director of the Office of Management and Budget James Lynn and, lastly, Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns, the crusty monetary conservative with whom Carter will have to learn to live in the months ahead. The visitors gave Carter good marks for asking "the right questions," but they felt that the one-hour sessions...
Behind the scenes, a gentle family tug of war seems to be under way. "Just plain Jimmy" is not fond of black-tie dress for those nighttime parties, let alone the white-tie-and-tails costuming of inaugural balls. But Wife Rosalynn, out of understandable sentiment, is apparently determined to wear the same blue satin gown she wore on the evening of her husband's inauguration as Governor of Georgia in 1971. That would mean Jimmy would have to dress up too. Intimates are betting that Rosalynn will...