Word: woman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make me feel like I'm back in the campaign," Jimmy Carter laughingly told a woman in Los Angeles last week. And, in a sense, he was. Under increasing criticism-from liberals, who regard him as too much of a penny-pinching conservative, and from labor leaders, who complain that parts of his energy programs could put many blue-collar Americans out of work-Carter took to the hustings again by making a whirlwind, campaign-style tour of California. There he confronted some of his critics and demonstrated that even in a state that he lost...
...Most Beautiful Woman in Radcliffe looked confused, smiled weakly and passed on. I pulled my roommate aside. 'Don't you see," he panted, "I had to show her that I wasn't just another clumsy clod, that I dropped the tray on purpose." This story is told with a note of caution: readers should not attempt to emulate my roommate, as there are not that many trays of food in each dining-room, and there are fewer Most Beautiful Women in Radcliffe...
...high school conditions had been kinder to him. A number of women had been involved in student political organizations he worked in, and he had spent enough time with a few of the women to forget his awkwardness. But each time his hopes ended in misunderstanding. He or the woman would express feelings that the other was not ready for, and things would fall apart. When Walter left high school he was cocky in his academic prowess, but his dealings with women were stymied by his nervousness...
...seemed so confused that most women talked to him freely. He was hardly a threat. Walter, standing against the wall, did not understand why Tom was doing so well. But Tom had no ulterior motives. As soon as he had found out all he wanted from one woman he moved on and talked to another. A few trusted him quite far, because he seemed so harmless. They told him they did not like getting to know men at parties like the one they were at. The situation was too artificial. People were not honest with each other. Tom gradually realized...
...naive about college parties when he came to Harvard he at least learned about them his first year. Early in his junior year he was still naive about people's feelings. One day at breakfast he was getting to know a woman in the House whom he had not met before. He found out she was from Wellesley, and was at Harvard for one semester to take some special couses...