Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Clan Carter not only is bigger than the Ford family-besides Jimmy and Rosalynn, nine of its members are campaigning hard-but it is organized with the cold efficiency and zeal for battle that marks the campaign of the candidate himself. Rosalynn Carter is so effective that she roams the country on her own, a kind of political free safety (see box); but the tours of the rest of the Carter children, in-laws, and various relatives are coordinated by a special six-man staff working with the closely guarded "situation room" in Atlanta. Itineraries are geared to big events...
...morale of the 20,000-member security force may become a problem. The Smith capitulation has raised questions about the soldiers' zeal in fighting Rhodesia's guerrillas. A young trooper in a downtown Salisbury discotheque sounded a now familiar complaint: "What the hell. We've surrendered already. If Smith's not going to fight, I damn well won't either." A letter from a reservist to the Rhodesia Herald seconded the soldier's view: "Is it worth doing my call-up in two months time? I don't want to lose my life...
Reverend Jack Daniel, associate minister of youth and education at First Parish Church in Westwood, calls the born again experience a touchstone. It is the beginning of faith, an overwhelmingly real metaphysical and psychological experience that lends a feeling of zeal and confidence to one's life...
...mixture of simple blood ties and rooted soil, of patriotic and military zeal, has risen a quality that many Northerners cannot find credible: a respect for law. It is this more than Christian principle or force of arms that has brought the South into contemporary life...
...energetic campaigning erased any lingering doubts about his drive and stamina. The questions had been raised because, in dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in November 1974, he said he lacked an "overwhelming desire" for the office. Aides attribute some of Mondale's new zeal to the fact that his partisan appetite has been whetted by the chance to go after Gerald Ford and Robert Dole instead of fellow Democrats. Then, too, Mondale has a sense of impending victory-an optimism that was missing during the primaries. Says he: "The issues are cutting with...