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...been a critical fortnight in U.S. foreign policy, and one that U.S. officials figured had been highly successful. Carter had shown new vigor in handling challenges from overseas, and aides thought that he had gone far toward dispelling any notions, particularly in Moscow, that he was a pushover. They also argued that despite the fears of some NATO allies, the President had not gone too far. Noted a White House official: "We don't view all this as an inevitable escalation to another cold war. There is an ebb and flow in the competition and cooperation. That will continue...
...prominent Polish intellectual. "Before Carter, almost all contacts were government-to-government and always with an eye to Moscow. Now the U.S. is treating us as an important nation in our own right and an increasingly pluralistic one at that. I hope Carter pursues this policy with even more vigor...
...objecting not just to the size of their taxes but to how the money is being spent. Today unbounded bureaucracy, consuming ever more of the national income, is a problem endemic to the Western world. A fundamental question is how to support a huge welfare state without crippling the vigor of the free economy that makes it all possible ?the eagle that lays the golden eggs of welfare...
...opposition to the treaty is a curious mixture of cynicism and conviction. After a period of many setbacks overseas. Americans have been in no mood to accept what seemed to be another reversal. Moreover, the canal is fixed in the popular imagination as a memorable achievement of American vigor and know-how. Why, people asked, should it be given away under any circumstances? There were reasonable answers to such a question, but they were not provided by the superpatriots of the hardcore right wing, who thought they had a sure-fire issue and promptly started paganda barrage has often made...
...guys were a bit overanxious and not at all relaxed," Cordeiro said. The cagey coxswain tried to instill new vigor in his charges as Rutgers opened up a length lead at the 1000-meter mark...