Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...planned to withdraw. The two talked for about four minutes. Said Carter: "I think we both waged good campaigns." Then Kennedy climbed up two flights of stairs to a Waldorf press room to read his withdrawal statement to some 100 reporters. "I'm a realist," he said. "And I know what this result means. The effort on the nomination is over...
...political power. The ebullient Strauss is virtually their only bridge to the real world of politics, and they trust him. Jordan, 35, the brilliant and impetuous young planner, tends to keep himself isolated. Neither man has much use for Ted Kennedy personally, but they both know how tough his opposition was. Earlier that day Strauss felt a surge of optimism that the pressure from Kennedy was about to be relieved. He had received word that Kennedy wanted to meet him secretly at the Plaza Hotel, and Strauss immediately called the President. "These conventions are like a cake," he told Carter...
Jordan telephoned Camp David to explain their fears. "Mr. President," Jordan began, "we need to know how much you'll give up on the platform." Carter's answer: yield a little but absolutely not on wage and price controls. Then Strauss took the phone. "We're going to take a pasting today, Mr. President," he said, reporting that Kennedy seemed to be shutting them off. "He's going to be very tough. Get ready for it." Carter reminded Strauss that he had picked that up in Kennedy's voice the previous evening...
...questions later." This was a forecast, no doubt, of the kind of attack that will be launched against Reagan during the campaign. Reagan, said Carter, suggested blockading Cuba after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, while opposing the President's grain embargo. Scoffed Carter: "He doesn't seem to know what to do with the Russians. He is not sure if he wants to feed them or play with them or fight with them...
...people for reactions, then fed into a computer along with the speaker's philosophy, and out comes a speech. Audiences now wince wearily at the cute and canned self-deprecatory jokes that federal bureaucrats invariably tell when they go out of town to give a speech. Sample: "You know, the three lies most often told are 'I'll still love you in the morning,' 'The check is in the mail,' and I'm from Washington and I'm here to help you.' " Bureaucrats today invariably fall short of Gladstone, who once...