Word: wars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter's rating in the ABC News-Louis Harris poll in mid-June was 25%. Harry Truman received 23% in the Gallup poll during the Korean War...
...time since World War II, the occasion has called for leadership. It was said of Napoleon that he "could look upon a battle scene of unimaginable disorder and see its coherence for his own advantage." In the first 30 months of his presidency, Carter has appeared able to see only unimaginable disorder, which until recently tended to send him niggling after details...
That generation dwarfs the small and ordinary managers of today. Roosevelt and his successors could harness immense resources of economic wealth, political power and military might for the state. The New Deal, Lend-Lease, World War II mobilization, the Manhattan Project, the Marshall Plan, the building of the nuclear arsenal and the civil rights legislation of the mid-'60s?all were the work of presidential leaders who used taxation, legislation, executive orders and persuasion to enlist enormous latent resources...
...problems have clearly piled up. But before a common will to tackle them can emerge, thus forming a consensus that would allow a leader to lead, the challenge must be perceived as a national crisis. World War II and the cold war were times of perceived
...movements. But if I were to pick one or two who have had some impact on our society it would be people like Dick Gregory. He could have had a comfortable career as a comedian but he has shown a willingness to sacrifice himself in his fight on racism, war, the nuclear questions...