Word: controller
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...broad outlines, Reagan's plan is almost identical to Carter's at the beginning of his presidency in 1977. Carter had inherited from Gerald Ford a SALT II agreement that was nearly complete, but Carter wanted something better, a "real arms control" treaty of his own that would roll back, rather than merely slow down, the Soviet weapons program...
...declaring: "Eckhardt represents everything that is wrong with this country. He would destroy the free enterprise system and destroy the work ethic." Charged Fields of the seven-term incumbent: "He voted nine times for busing [to desegregate schools]. He voted against the B-l bomber. He voted for gun control. He voted to give tax dollars to Communist countries...
Eckhardt, 67, looking like a rumpled professor in his tweed suit and bow tie, but sounding like a Southern populist, replied that many of the charges were false. Said he: "I have never voted for a statute that would call for forced busing. I have never been for gun control, and I helped beat registration of rifles and shotguns." He claimed that the campaign ("the dirtiest I've ever encountered") was the work of ghosts hovering behind the scenes. Said he: "The $600,000 raised by oil companies [for Fields] is being used to repeat absolute lies. They...
...current Congress has been one of the most quarrelsome and rebellious ever faced by a President. The Congress that will emerge from next week's elections will probably not be much different. Once again, Democrats are almost certain to retain control of both chambers, as they have for all but four years since Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932. Leaders of both parties predict that the Republicans will score a net gain of twelve to 20 seats in the House and two or three in the Senate. But once again, whoever wins the White House will most likely find...
...Democrats' nimble-footed move to the right is particularly galling for Republicans, who expected to benefit from the country's deepening conservative mood. A few months ago, G.O.P. leaders spoke euphorically of winning control of the Senate and perhaps even the House. Now they talk more soberly of winning control of the Senate in 1984 and the House at some time in the distant future...