Word: thinness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...favorable signs, there was in some Washington quarters a disquieting sense of unease, a feeling that the President was skating on thin ice. One of the most notable facts about Carter's rise to the presidency was that he had no solid power base to count on. He won by putting together a remarkable but shaky coalition-liberals, conservatives, old-line Democrats, blacks, Southern rednecks, Northern hardhats. He seemed to promise something to everyone, and stressed themes that cut across ideological barriers: welfare reform, Government reorganization and, even more fundamentally, trust ("I'll never...
...added: "I paid my price for Watergate in sorrow and lost, wasted years; in tragedy, ridicule and humiliation." The worst blow was the loss of his wife Dorothy, who was killed in a plane crash in 1972 while taking $10,000 in $100 bills to Chicago. Looking wan and thin, Hunt surfaced in Brookline, Mass., to consult with a booking agent about going on a lecture tour to make some money. He still owes a federal tax bill of about...
...defeating Defense Minister Shimon Peres, 54, Rabin will be the Labor Party's candidate for Premier in ahead-of-schedule general elections in May. But the victory was so razor thin that it can only mean trouble for the party, the country and possibly the Middle East. With abstentions and irregularities culled, Rabin won by only 41 ballots (1,445 to 1,404), or less than 2%. Significantly, Rabin only squeaked through by sweeping the votes allotted to Israel's conservative kibbutzim, where Labor Party members traditionally get nearly double the convention representation of everyone else in recognition...
Some critics complain that Lance spreads himself too thin. Says an old hand at OMB: "I'm not sure he knows what the bottom line is on the budget." Lance concedes that he may be involved in too many projects. Says he: "I knew that I'd get involved in a lot of responsibilities, but I guess maybe it's been a bit more varied than I ever imagined." Still, he shows no signs of slowing down; nor are there any indications that Carter wants him to act any differently...
...Hooft is not a particularly extraordinary guy. Tall (6-5), thin for his height (190) and soft-spoken, Hooft doesn't cut a very distinct figure in the Kirkland House dining hall. Neither does he dazzle you on the basketball court. What he does do, on a team that is 6-15 so far, is cope. And he does it very well...