Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...other lows. In the data that Pollster Louis Harris has assembled is even worse news. On no single issue surveyed does Carter have a majority of voters who stand up and say they like him. Question the American people now about the hostages in Iran, our approach to the Soviets, the U.S. economy or unemployment, and they say that Jimmy Carter has failed them...
...civics-class approach to the world appeared again when the Shah of Iran fell. While cautious in public statements, Carter in private had nearly convinced himself that Iran would return to the constitution of 1906, that the legislature would reassemble, the military would hold order and a stable government take root. "It was preposterous," says one who helped plan the American response. "The President's thinking was not based on any actual experience of how governments really work in this world...
...quote one woman who reflected on her Freshman Week last autumn: "How can they expect me to be honest, when everyone is so incredible?" Remember: chances are you're every bit as incredible as anyone else here, but don't let that assumption develop into overweening arrogance. The best approach is to play the game without sacrificing substance for style. It's probably healthy to dip into the fray, rather than pretend to rise well above it by hanging out with those people you knew before you came here...
Americans responding to the poll castigated Carter on issue after issue: 89% criticized his anti-inflation efforts, 87% his handling of unemployment, 86% his management of the economy. Last December 66% of those questioned approved of his approach to the hostage crisis in Iran; the new poll showed that 79% disapproved. Fully two-thirds of the Democrats canvassed by Harris attacked his stewardship...
...speak except through an interpreter. At first it seemed that Droney would take a back seat in the Deep Throat case; then, however, the defense decided to take a deposition from Droney, elected in a squeaker two years ago. Excerpts from the deposition gave a flavor of Droney's approach to his job as the county's top law officer...