Word: programer
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...idea of the program being mandatory was immediately shot down," Steven D. Wisdom '83, another Libertarian, said. Wisdom was also skeptical of a voluntary program because costs are estimated at over $25 billion...
...Chancellery official complained that Carter's "warning about the Gulf states could have been made more subtly. A lower, very steady tone would be better than stridency." Many foreign diplomats in Washington agreed. Said a French diplomat who represents the Common Market: "Carter's rhetoric is tough, but the program is not." Added an official in the British embassy: "The proof of Carter's intentions will be in the execution. If you don't follow up, you risk inviting Soviet influence into the area...
...these things to happen, Carter will have to mount a long diplomatic campaign on several fronts. Observed a top aide: "Our program is for tomorrow more than today, and it calls for a sustained effort, not just a single knee jerk...
Through nearly all of last year, Jimmy Carter seemed to Congress so lacking in clout with the voters that his legislative program could with impunity be delayed, hacked to bits or ignored. But when Congress reconvened last week, the President looked more like a political Charles Atlas, transformed by foreign crises from a 97-lb. weakling into a muscleman whose wishes had to be respected. Said House Democratic Floor Leader Jim Wright of Texas, using a different metaphor: "Members who 60 days ago considered Carter an albatross around their necks now consider him a life jacket...
Some long-delayed parts of Carter's energy program began coming back to life too. At a White House breakfast, House Speaker Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill told Carter that a $227 billion windfall profits tax on oil companies-designated by the President as his No. 1 legislative priority-should be on his desk for signature sometime this week. Other important energy bills, O'Neill promised, will be passed and sent to the President by March 1. Included: establishment of an Energy Mobilization Board to speed fuel-producing projects, and of an Energy Security Corp. to spur...