Word: show
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...good reviews for his newly assertive style of delivery. He was helped here by coaching from Image-Maker Gerald Rafshoon. Before Carter's Sunday night speech, he went to Rafshoon's quarters in the Executive Office Building to learn how to move his arms and clench his fist to show forcefulness. After the lesson, Carter ran through the speech and watched a videotaped replay, then practiced again, until he and Rafshoon were satisfied...
This is a disorganized and sometimes insensitive Jimmy Carter, overreacting to demands for leadership in an effort to save himself, seemingly unable to look ahead and see how his actions will affect the country. This is an uncertain Jimmy Carter trying to show how tough he is. It is true that many influential voices pleaded with Carter to be more decisive. Given his dismal political prospects and his genuine personal distress over the national attitude, an environment for extreme action was created, to which Carter responded...
...couple of decades that a President has felt compelled to demonstrate to the world how tough he was we have been dragged deeper into trouble. A major cause of the Viet Nam involvement was Jack Kennedy's concern about machismo, and then Lyndon Johnson's determination to show that Texans did not back away from fights...
...support himself, during the lull of tap dancing's popularity, Collins says he left the stage and opened a garage. For over a decade he cleaned engines, varnished hoods, did body work--and refused to look at a variety show. "I was afraid if I saw people dancing I'd go back into show biz even though there was no money for tap dancers. As I'm a realistic person I felt I had to stick with the steady income of my garage," he explains...
...half years ago some friends asked him to perform again in a show. "I thought my legs wouldn't be strong enough but I did it--and the audience liked my dance...