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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Pravda elaborated on Brezhnev's theme: "American policy is acquiring a trend that is ever more hostile to the interests of peace, detente and equitable cooperation among states. At present, this policy of interference in domestic affairs and encroachment on people's rights is shown in relation to Iran, but tomorrow in relation to other sovereign states." Alexander Bovin, a senior writer for Izvestia, warned, "It is time for the U.S. to learn to behave with greater modesty. That will be better for both America itself and the whole world." The man in the Moscow street often echoed...
Still, there is room for improvement without junking the present setup. For one thing, the process is too long. Great Britain's national election is disposed of in a mere three weeks. In the U.S., caucuses and primaries now stretch from January to June of election year and could be compressed. Democratic Congressman Morris Udall, who ran unsuccessfully in 1976, suggests limiting the contests to four dates: the first Tuesday of each month from March to June. "This would provide a smorgasbord of elections around the country instead of these overblown single primaries," he explains...
...registration and a Persian Gulf Doctrine tragically confuses machismo with determination. Carter is trying to cloak the emptiness and ineptness of his three-year-old foreign policy by relying on the political bromides that have swept generations of politicians into office. His political grandstanding obscures the fact that our present crisis is in many ways the product of our inability to enact a coherent energy policy...
...order to protect SALT II, and to present a picture of himself as a strong leader, Carter authorized the development and deployment of the cruise and M-X missiles in such a way as to render the SALT treaty meaningless to the Soviets. Simultaneously, Carter has tried to emphasize his commitment to non-military means of securing U.S. interests...
Laughing, she points out a small ivy plant on her desk, a present she'd bought her roommate Crimson swim team star Norma Barton for being named Ivy Woman Athlete of the Week...