Word: succession
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Overall, Carter's governorship was a success because of his skilled balancing of traditional and emerging political forces in Georgia. "He cloaked liberalism in conservative jargon," says a state official. Carter promoted his social programs as an extension of the Gospel: problem-solving combined with Christian charity. In headier moments, he compared his actions to Christ's ministry to the suffering. It was an extravagant analogy, but politically it worked. Carter gave to the poor without overly offending the well-to-do, conquered without excessively dividing...
...Carter aides are young and aggressive, and they relish the tension and excitement that builds with early success. As they demonstrated in New Hampshire last week, they are adept at blending the old and new in American politics. They drew heavily on the techniques first used there by Eugene McCarthy in 1968 and sharpened by George McGovern...
Bancroft had little more success in trying to show that West was an ally of the Hearsts. West did admit that he had sent the parents a sympathetic letter before the arrest advising them that their daughter "might turn out to be in a condition to be helped and possibly defended." West added that he wrote the letter "as one parent to another. I got no reply and didn't expect...
...other NATO nations have been trying behind-the-scenes to ease the crisis, without much success The Icelanders are not willing to compromise. As Prime Minister Hallgrimsson told TIME Correspondent Christopher Byron last week, "We are not in the mood for negotiations while British naval vessels are still in our waters...
...Proposition's past success in financing its productions has resulted in a disproportionately low level of assistance from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, Urquhart said...