Word: survivalists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...judged to be unambitious and even weak, a man who seemed to care more about smart clothes, his home and car, than Cabinet meetings and political responsibility. Colleagues nicknamed him "Nasser's poodle," and even Nasser himself would refer to Sadat as a "black donkey." Characteristically, Sadat the survivalist concealed his feelings and watched and learned. "If you showed ambition with Nasser," he says now, "that was the end." Nearly all of the original Revolutionary Command Council were eventually ousted from office and in 1969 Nasser chose the unmenacing Sadat as his Vice President. Sadat remembers the day well...
...Republican nomination, which was written by Associate Editor Frank Merrick, Ajemian interviewed the candidate himself, while Correspondents John Austin, Jess Cook and Roland Flamini talked to Reagan's aides, friends and political adversaries. For Ajemian's personal assessment of Reagan's potential as a survivalist, see page...