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This is curious commentary but one that leads back to earlier speculation. When it was noted that Carter had taken over a peaceful and prosperous nation, some historians suggested that it might be difficult for a man of so limited experience to learn very much in such a tranquil introduction...
Drifting through the back corridors of the White House one picks up a fascinating catalogue of tiny refinements, adjustments and changes that Carter's people declare he has made in himself. Some of them: accepting the fact that others often know more than he does, sensing the impact of...
One can ponder why Carter's new maturity and depth did not arrive until his standing in the national opinion polls fell into the basement and his own warm political body was threatened. In that is an echo of the modern curse of personality politics. But that is less...
As First Lady for eight years, she scarcely changed her lifestyle. She still delighted in pink ruffles, wore her trademark bangs, smiled continually and said little. She received thousands of letters imploring her to cut her bangs or to speak out on some issue. But she never did. "I think...
Born in Boone, Iowa, Mamie seemed destined for a quiet life. Though she attended finishing school, she persuaded her father, a prosperous meat packer, not to send her to college. While wintering in Texas in 1915, she met Ike, then an Army second lieutenant. Nine months later, the pair were...