Word: trusts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...volatile Middle East, Ford has authorized massive support for Israel ($4.3 billion in aid in the past two years), along with measures designed to gain the trust of the Arab states, such as economic aid and arms sales. Acknowledging that Kissinger's tactic of step-by-step diplomacy may have achieved all it can, Ford suggests that the next move toward a Middle East peace probably should be a general conference...
...state legislature, previous Governors and Georgia congressmen - from constructing a dam that would have impeded the Flint River, the last free-flowing river in the Piedmont section of the state. Carter also fought successfully to help preserve Georgia's coastline and wetlands. He established a Heritage Trust Commission to preserve choice natural areas, as well as historical and cultural sites. While reorganizing the state government, Carter combined the state's environmental agencies into a single department of natural resources and upped its budget. He also made some outstanding appointments to key environmental posts, and conservationists came to believe...
...been up to the country's thirst for leadership. He argues that the Democrats were in the best position by far to match that need, but Carter blew his natural advantage. Reaching back to Abraham Lincoln to make his point, Burnham said: "Lincoln also ran a campaign on trust and moral uplift. But he tied it to specific issues that people understood and rallied around. The issue was never Lincoln the man. In fact, Lincoln could never have won on personal glamor. Carter personalized his campaign around himself...
...Bernard Stein argues in his recent Penthouse article, "If You Like Richard Nixon, You'll Love Jimmy Carter," Carter's statements too often belie the facts. Though Carter now says he'd "rather die than betray" the trust of loyal black supporters, it was not very long ago that he maintained in Georgia he was a "redneck" candidate who could win "without a single black vote...
When the 1976 campaign began, Ford wasted little time in seizing on his unusual advantage, continually reminding his audience that he was the man who restored decency and trust to the Presidency, a man who cleansed the White House merely by his presence. And it would appear that Ford's image has successfully weathered both the bitter contest with Ronald Reagan in the primaries and the general election campaign against Jimmy Carter...