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...multimillion-dollar election was a disaster for the American people and a boon to television. Most of this money was spent to produce worthless political rhetoric. If the Federal Government wants to slash expenditures, it should start by cutting campaign financing, an area that can well afford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 6, 1982 | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...substantive Early on, for instance, he allows that he undermined his first-year legislative record by letting loose a flood of proposal to Congress right away, instead of introducing "our legislation in much more careful phases." He regrets, too, "weakening and compromising that first year on some of those worthless dam projects." Such honesty, if unspectacular, leaves one feeling that, for the first time, we can view the Carter Presidency as Carter himself does. The glimpse is compelling, as much for what it shows about the presidency as it does about the flawed world-view of its last Democratic occupant...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Carter and the Politics of Faith | 11/12/1982 | See Source »

...wrong, then she is suffering a couple of worthless years in a sort of hell on Earth. If I am wrong, then maybe I'm damned. Yet perhaps we can both be right. She went into the Peace Corps because she felt she had to, or because she felt it would give her a sense of satisfaction that would supercede the temporary pains and miseries. I do not feel that urgency. I will continue to be nice to people, and help others when I can, but I don't think I'll ever be the kind of altruist my sister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So Far Away | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

...made some mistakes in dealing with Congress, and one that I still regret is weakening and compromising on legislation that first year dealing with some worthless dam projects. Signing this act was accurately interpreted as a sign of weakness on my part, and I regretted it as much as any budget decision I made as President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...NKVD uniform that Alexander was obliged to wear carried unpleasant associations, associations he detested because he was afraid of one department being confused with another, more sinister one, as has now been done in your review. Consequently, your subsequent speculations about Doctor Zhivago derive from this error and are worthless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1982 | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

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