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Both Jimmy Carter and Michael Dukakis were, by the standards of their party, moderate governors. Even John Kerry, a celebrity of the Vietnam-era antiwar movement, voted for the Iraq War in the Senate and didn t dare run as a McGovernite in 2004. (The American Conservative)
Where Have All the Neocons Gone? Dec 26, 2008
Then came Jimmy Carter. Despite Carter s support for human rights abroad, the neocons bridled at his derogation of the communist threat and failure to support the shah of Iran from being overthrown by radical Islamists. (The American Conservative)
Coronella: By George, whats an ex-president to do? Dec 26, 2008
Well, for starters, if our 43rd president is looking for a role model to help him restore his image after he leaves office, he should discount Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Clinton is still active on the world stage, promoting his Global Initiative roadshow, while Carter continues to pump out books and perform good deeds. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Sultry sex kitten Eartha Kitt dies Dec 26, 2008
-- which brought her a Tony nomination -- and was invited back to the White House by President Jimmy Carter. In 2000, Kitt earned another Tony nod for The Wild Party. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Great, just great.... Dec 26, 2008
Just as the right has done for years to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. How pathetic that you don t recognize it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Coronella: By George, whats an ex-president to do? Dec 26, 2008
Well, for starters, if our 43rd president is looking for a role model to help him restore his image after he leaves office, he should discount Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Clinton is still active on the world stage, promoting his Global Initiative roadshow, while Carter continues to pump out books and perform good deeds. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Coronella: By George, whats an ex-president to do? Dec 26, 2008
Well, for starters, if our 43rd president is looking for a role model to help him restore his image after he leaves office, he should discount Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Clinton is still active on the world stage, promoting his Global Initiative roadshow, while Carter continues to pump out books and perform good deeds. (Malden Observer, MA)
TUESDAY: Bush pardons 19, grants clemency to 1 Dec 26, 2008
By contrast, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford pardoned or commuted more than 400 sentences; Jimmy Carter and John Kennedy more than 500; Richard Nixon nearly 1,000; and Lyndon Johnson nearly 1,200. Bush's highest-profile case was that of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who as Vice President Cheney's chief of staff was convicted of perjury and obstructing justice in the leak of an undercover CIA agent's name to the press. (USA Today)
An epic year? Historians debate 2008 Dec 26, 2008
1976: The election of Jimmy Carter, a moralistic outsider who told Americans he would never lie to them, promised to bring a new politics to Washington. Instead, Boyer says, Carter's presidency "turned out to be an interlude" that Lytle says is "getting squeezed out of the texts.". (USA Today)
2008 Passages: Lives lost this year Dec 26, 2008
Hamilton Jordan, 63, political strategist from south Georgia who helped propel Jimmy Carter to the White House and served as his chief of staff. Cancer, May 20. (USA Today)
Middle East can turn on a new axis Dec 25, 2008
Thus, unless you send a strong signal to Israel that times have changed and the US will not tolerate any more infringement on the rights of Palestinian people, I am afraid the Israelis will interpret your silence as a green light to continue with their business as usual, decried by former US president Jimmy Carter as "worse than apartheid". Nor should you be oblivious to the other apartheid in the Middle East, nuclear apartheid, according to which Israel's nuclear arsenal is treated as benign... (Asia Times Online)
Free Accessible Downloads from PBS Dec 25, 2008
The accessible Presidents series includes Closed-caption biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The Roosevelt biography FDR (1994) is also the first online video program to be offered as a download with a Descriptive Video Service (DVS) track that includes narration of key visual elements (e. (Suite101.com)
Davis named co-chair of presidential inauguration Dec 23, 2008
Other honorary co-chairs include three former presidents - Democrats Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Republican George H.W. Bush. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. (WSJA.com, AL)
Obama's first foreign policy crisis Dec 23, 2008
Further complicating, if not inflaming, Mideast tensions is America's worst-ever former president, Jimmy Carter. While Hamas was issuing threats against Abbas and terminating the truce with Israel, Carter was "talking peace" in Syria with Hamas' exiled political leader, Khaled Meshaal -- the second time in a year he's done that, drawing condemnation from both the U.S. and Israeli governments, and for good reason. (The Augusta Chronicle)
* Ma policies could upset status quo in the Strait Dec 23, 2008
On Dec. 16, 1978, US president Jimmy Carter announced to the world that Washington would recognize the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and establish formal diplomatic relations, effective Jan. 1, 1979. At the insistence of the PRC, the US government terminated its diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (ROC) and unilaterally nullified the US-ROC Mutual Defense Treaty. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Obamas pragmatic view of China Dec 23, 2008
As a presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan once criticized Jimmy Carter for normalizing relations with China and forsaking Taiwan; Bill Clinton accused then-president George Bush of cuddling with the butchers in Beijing after the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. George W. Bush later criticized Clintons policies, arguing that China was not a strategic partner but a strategic competitor. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Tiny Tim is activist vegetarian ... and 7 Dec 23, 2008
Sheri s mother, Connie Ward Stewart, was an education policy expert in the Jimmy Carter administration in Washington. Royce s middle name is a tribute to the former president. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
McCaskill, Durbin lead Obama inauguration Dec 23, 2008
President Jimmy Carter. President George H. W. Bush. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Kennedy birthright? Dec 23, 2008
The media jumped all over Sarah Palin for lack of experience - she was a governor like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton - but, of course, Republicans are held to higher standards. It will be interesting to see how Kennedy - who doesn't even vote very often - is treated during the next few weeks. (Seantobia Democrat, MS)
Former presidents to co-chair inauguration Dec 23, 2008 'ONLY ONE CALL'... Dec 22, 2008 Carters' life with Habitat airs Monday Dec 22, 2008 Disney parade among holiday specials Dec 22, 2008 NC electors cast historic ballots Dec 22, 2008 How it all began Dec 22, 2008 Go to the top to nail N. Korea down Dec 22, 2008 A letter to Sarah Palin Dec 22, 2008 Montana owl expert builds world-class facility Dec 21, 2008 Rhetoric versus cold reality Dec 21, 2008 Inauguration planners must balance joy, restraint Dec 21, 2008 Presidential homes still popular vacation destinations Dec 21, 2008 Much has changed along presidential train route Dec 21, 2008 ...mulling farewell speech Dec 20, 2008 SCROOGE BIDEN: ECONOMY IN DANGER OF 'ABSOLUTELY TANKING' Dec 20, 2008 To save Zimbabwe, South Africa must step up Dec 20, 2008 Zimbabwe: MDC Pushing for UN Intervention - Zanu PF Dec 20, 2008 History Points to GOP Gains in 2010 Dec 20, 2008 Mideast: Jimmy Carter: Poll Watcher Dec 20, 2008 Can't We All Just... Get Along Dec 19, 2008 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (15) Dec 19, 2008 Obama to redefine Asia ties? Not so fast Dec 19, 2008 Expect White House design changes Dec 19, 2008 Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Dec 19, 2008 Uphill battle to repair Gaza truce Dec 19, 2008 Zimbabwe: Death Toll From Cholera Outbreak Tops 1,000 - UN Dec 19, 2008 Bronstein blog: Why is anyone surprised? Dec 19, 2008 Prize-winning Yale professor selected as inaugural poet Dec 18, 2008 Cockburn: Honeymoans from the left Dec 18, 2008 Bush schedules lunch for Obama, ex-presidents Dec 18, 2008 Obama named TIMEs Person of the Year Dec 18, 2008 IN TRANSITION Bush, Obama to have lunch with ex-presidents Dec 18, 2008 The day the door to China opened wide Dec 18, 2008 Can't We All Just... Get Along Dec 17, 2008 Hoop dream: Obama's cabinet has got game Dec 17, 2008 Mideast awaits new leaders, direction in 2009 Dec 17, 2008 Gwinnett redevelopment plans tabled Dec 17, 2008 Syria looks to better times Dec 16, 2008 Have an Interest in Trading Debt? Dec 16, 2008 It's official: Florida's 27 votes go to Obama Dec 16, 2008 DOES SNL NEED TASTE - OR PATERSON HUMOR? Dec 16, 2008 Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Dec 16, 2008 Could Obama Make Jimmy Carter Look Good? Dec 16, 2008 Con Con Is a Terrible Idea Dec 16, 2008 Consumer advocacy at a crossroads in the U.S. Dec 16, 2008 China-U.S. relations Dec 16, 2008 As the economy falters, Obama's goodwill grows Dec 15, 2008 Gaza truce to end Thurs Dec 15, 2008 Obama faces heady challenges, and they're growing Dec 15, 2008 Scope of Obama's protection proves daunting Dec 15, 2008 Magazines seldom highlight cosmetic surgerys emotional risks Dec 15, 2008 Nocturnal calling Dec 14, 2008 Son: Victim forgotten in Troy Davis case Dec 14, 2008 Uniting against Mugabe's corrupt regime Dec 13, 2008 Decision could take months in historic voter rights case Dec 13, 2008 A vote against 'discipline democracy' Dec 13, 2008 Cockburn: Honeymoans from the left Dec 13, 2008 New citizen feels optimism, patriotism here in Alaska Dec 13, 2008 Blind Boys drummer lives in Kirkwood Dec 13, 2008 Zimbabwe: Humanitarian Situation Linked to Sanctions Dec 13, 2008 Paul A. Volcker to Receive 2009 John C. Whitehead Award from Museum of American Finance Dec 13, 2008 On-campus bar to close at SDSU Dec 12, 2008 UNUSUAL SUSPECTS Dec 12, 2008 Obama's calls to lawmakers 'unheard of' Dec 12, 2008 Supplier finds unique way to lower costs Dec 12, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton are among more than a dozen honorary co-chairs of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. The group announced Monday by the Presidential Inaugural Committee also includes retired Gen. Colin Powell, relatives of Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and members of Congress from both parties, including Illinois' senior senator, Democrat Dick Durbin, and Sen. (USA Today)
Timing, luck crucial for high court seat Dec 23, 2008
Jimmy Carter, in office for one term, never got to fill a court seat. The current President Bush and President Franklin Roosevelt did not get any openings until their second terms. (USA Today)
R. Nixon, R. Gerald Ford, D. Jimmy Carter, R. Ronald Reagan 8 Years, R. George H.W.Bush Sr. D.Bill Clinton 8 Years and George W. Bush Jr. 8 Years. Say, what you know. (The Drudge Report)
Jimmy Carter led his first work group for Habitat for Humanity in New York City in 1984, and he and Rosalynn Carter have continued that work in the years since ... Former President Jimmy Carter appears on The Life a House Built,\uFEFF which looks at the Carters Habitat for Humanity work ... But for the documentary on the Carters work with Habitat, he said, there was not a whole lot of time to engage with Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter because they were spending almost all their time from... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Life a House Built 9 p.m. GPB An hour-long documentary about Jimmy Carter and Habitat for Humanity, followed at 10 p.m. by a conversation with the Carters hosted by Gwen Ifill and shot at the Carter Center in October. TUESDAY. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Democrats hadn't cast a ballot in North Carolina's Electoral College since 1976, when Jimmy Carter was elected president. It's interesting to note that history could have been a bit different on Dec. 15 if the state House had approved a bill back in 2007 that would have changed the way North Carolina allocated its electoral votes. (Burlington Times News)
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter moved to make housing more affordable by requiring banks to lend in low-income neighbourhoods. But before the decade was out, the scheme was stymied by record-high interest rates, courtesy of an inflation-fighting Federal Reserve Board. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
It will be Jimmy Carter, or maybe Bill Clinton. In 1994, Carter did exactly that. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. GOOD OLD FASHIONED VALUES AND MORALS. YOU REPRESENT LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSIUT OF HAPPINESS. THEY REPRESENT DEATH, SOCIALISM AND MISERY. KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON. WE KNOW WHAT RONALD REAGAN DID TO JIMMY CARTER AFTER HIS FOUR YEARS, CAN'T WAIT. " james wrote on Dec 16, 2008 4:13 PM:" todd and sarah were members of the alaska independent and as ornery as they come. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
In the book "Arctic Wings," Holt wrote a central chapter and Jimmy Carter wrote the foreword. They've been featured on the cover of National Geographic magazine and soon will appear in "Frozen Earth," the BBC sequel to the wildly popular global documentary "Planet Earth." ORI has pioneered avian science, and ORI has put together children's books. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Jimmy Carter claimed that cold warriors Gerald Ford and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had raised tensions with the Soviet Union due to an "inordinate fear of communism." Soon President Carter scrambled to boycott the 1980 Russian Olympics and beef up the Pentagon after Soviet aggression from Afghanistan to Central America. After the interventions of Reagan and Bush Sr., feel-your-pain Bill Clinton was convinced his charisma could achieve through diplomacy what his predecessors had... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Jimmy Carter gave up a limo ride to take his surprise stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue, and he set $25 as the maximum price for admission to official balls. During the Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt skipped the 1933 inaugural ball and canceled the 1937 ball. (Houston Chronicle)
Presidents Jimmy Carter and Clinton have used the house as a getaway after they left office. In March, the home will finally be completely back to its 1940s-era glory of Truman's stays. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The Associated Press Published: December 21, 2008. The centuries-old right of way between Philadelphia and Washington is marked by shimmering waterways and industrial sprawl, well-kept suburbs and urban blight. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Bush, who promised president-elect Barack Obama a smooth transition into office, has invited the Democrat to a White House breakfast on January 7, along with former presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and his father, George HW Bush. Obama proposed the breakfast get-together when he visited the White House on November 10, six days after winning the presidential election, Bush said. (The Drudge Report)
To use language like this just brings up memories of Jimmy Carter and his blaming of the economy on the American people. Talk optimistic and the people will start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. (The Drudge Report)
Mugabe recently denied access to former US President Jimmy Carter, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and Graca Machel, the wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's legendary foe of apartheid. Originally Southern Rhodesia (so named by white settlers after the British Empire builder Cecil Rhodes), Zimbabwe achieved African majority rule in 1980 following a guerrilla war in which Mugabe played a significant role. (Yahoo News)
"The cholera outbreak has been hyped to attract the international attention which has culminated in the attempted assessment mission by a delegation comprising former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan, former US president Jimmy Carter and Gracia Machael.". The committee blasted unnamed Western countries for allegedly financing Sadc member states to strain diplomatic relations with Harare. (allAfrica.com)
Then came the Watergate scandals that pundits said would sweep the Democrats into power by a landslide in 1976, but Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford by an eyelash, though the elections swept an army of Watergate Democrats into Congress. Democrats said the Watergate scandals had consigned the Republicans to the wilderness for many years to come. (Townhall.com)
Jimmy Carter: Poll Watcher ... Former President Jimmy Carter recently paid a visit to Lebanon to assess whether his Atlanta-based Carter Center will take part in monitoring parliamentary elections set for next May or June. (Investors Business Daily)
Those of you old enough, remember when Jimmy Carter left office. The economy was messed up, 21% interest rates. (New Iberia, LA)
Famous contemporaries Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Carter, John McGovern et al line up to pay tribute to the writer, who killed himself in 2005, while Johnny Depp narrates and quotes from Thompson's work, yet at no point does Gibney really investigate Thompson's dark side, not the ubiquitous drugs so much as the obsession with guns, the serial infidelities and a volcanically severe temper that one can almost hear in the testimony of his two wives. Some of the quoted journalism raises a smile I love his... (Independent)
Holbrooke was assistant secretary of state in charge of East Asia policy under president Jimmy Carter and worked with China while serving as UN envoy for Clinton. With a heavy hitter such as Holbrooke in Asia, the US president could gain another reputable voice in Beijing. (Asia Times Online)
Jimmy Carter s earth-toned Oval Office read as homespun and dreary, although it was his predecessor, Gerald Ford, who had chosen the decor ... They would also be wise to remember that appearances do matter: Jimmy Carter s earth-toned Oval Office read as both homespun and dreary (never mind that his predecessor, Gerald Ford, had chosen the decor and Carter was saving money by not redecorating), and the cost of Nancy Reagan s china ($210,399) was seen as wildly extravagant (though the china was a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"Already we've encountered personal letters, or a personal letter, from former President Jimmy Carter to President Taylor," Mr Griffiths told the BBC.. "If that's the sort of material that's in there it could be vital," he said. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
"I think it is going to get a lot worse before it gets better," said Robert Pastor, who has been traveling in the region with former President Jimmy Carter, meeting with Hamas and other officials. "It did lead to a significant reduction in the number of rockets fired at Israel until November, but the truce had less impact on the goods going in. One hopes both sides learn lessons and agree on a text and publicize it.". (International Herald Tribune)
The Secretary-General has backed the humanitarian initiative on Zimbabwe offered by The Elders - comprising former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, former United States president Jimmy Carter and former Mozambican first lady Gra;a Machel. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
(Though the last person who tried that, and did it badly, was Jimmy Carter. Whichever Mr. Obama chooses, there will be uproar. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George H. W. Bush will attend, along with Obama. Bush has made a smooth transition to the next administration a top priority as his presidency winds down. (Boston Globe)
Jimmy Carter won the presidency in 1976, after eight years of Richard Nixon. The hopes of the liberal left were similarly high. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter to attend ... Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush will attend, along with Obama. (MSNBC -- Politics)
1930: Mohandas Gandhi 1938: Adolf Hitler 1939: Joseph Stalin 1940: Winston Churchill 1941: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1952: Queen Elizabeth II 1961: John F. Kennedy 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. 1966: 25-and-under generation 1971: Richard M. Nixon 1975: American women 1976: Jimmy Carter 1980: Ronald Reagan 1982: The computer 1989: Mikhail Gorbachev 1992: Bill Clinton 1994: Pope John Paul II 2000: George W. Bush 2001: Rudolph Giuliani 2006:... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush will attend, along with Obama. Warren, Lowery to pray: Pastor Rick Warren is set to deliver the invocation for Obama's inaugural swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, Saddleback Church officials confirmed Wednesday. (Houston Chronicle)
Without this action, announced by President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 15, 1978, the relationship could not have moved beyond a small, high-level connection with a very limited agenda. When they left office in 1977, President Gerald Ford and Kissinger left behind an important but incomplete, and unstable, relationship with China. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Those of you old enough, remember when Jimmy Carter left office. The economy was messed up, 21% interest rates. (New Iberia, LA)
Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter both played basketball, but not into adulthood. And certainly neither assembled a sports dream team for his Cabinet. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Talks: Former President Jimmy Carter met with Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman during a trip to the region last week ... Former President Jimmy Carter urged new focus on Israeli-Palestinian peace last week ... Correspondent Nicholas Blanford describes the scene when former US president Jimmy Carter spoke at American University of Beirut. (Christian Science Monitor)
The districts would be located along the Jimmy Carter Boulevard corridor, around Gwinnett Place Mall and along U.S. 78 between Stone Mountain and Snellville. The commission did vote Tuesday to participate in a tax allocation district created by the city of Norcross. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
The Turks meanwhile - depending on the outcome of the Israeli elections - can keep the momentum alive for peace talks between Syria and Israel, so too can figures like former president Jimmy Carter, who will be visiting Damascus next Saturday. What many people fail to understand is that Syria is not seeking financial reward for a peace deal with Israel - unlike the case with Egypt in 1978 or Jordan in 1994. (Asia Times Online)
A "normal" yield curve is what is known as "positive. That means the further out one goes in maturity, the greater the interest rate becomes. In the autumn of 1979, President Jimmy Carter and then Chairman of the Federal Reserve decided to dramatically increase short term interest rates to fight inflation. Overnight rates went to 21% and we had a very negative yield curve. These days, market participants can take a position in interest rates ranging from thirty day Fed Funds to Thirty Year U.S.... (Suite101.com)
"I was here in 1976 and cast a vote for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.". But Bailey also was slated to cast an electoral vote for Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Doesn't anyone remember Chevy Chase's funny parody of President Gerald Ford falling down or Dan Aykroyd's hilarious imitation of President Jimmy Carter trying to talk down a caller who was high on drugs. I saw the skit with Fred Armisen. (New York Post -- Opinions)
"Already we've encountered personal letters, or a personal letter, from former President Jimmy Carter to President Taylor," Mr Griffiths told the BBC.. "If that's the sort of material that's in there it could be vital," he said. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Will Obama Make Jimmy Carter Look Good ... Could Obama Make Jimmy Carter Look Good ... Jimmy Carter seized on it to pillory President Gerald Ford because the number stood at 15. (Human Events Online)
A flurry of pro-Con Con activity during the Jimmy Carter administration died out. No state has passed a Con Con resolution in the last 25 years. (Human Events Online)
Claybrook, 71, who served as head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under President Jimmy Carter, told me she had been thinking about leaving for the last few years. But she said she was unwilling to walk away while President George W. Bush remained in power. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and then U.S. president Jimmy Carter both made great contributions to a smooth bilateral relationship. The move made by the two great strategists to pursue mutual peace and forgo confrontation has made for a better world. (Xinhuanet, China)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter also received approval ratings comparable to Obama's in their first weeks in office. Today's sharper partisan differences make that much harder to achieve. (International Herald Tribune)
Former US president Jimmy Carter met on Sunday with Meshaal in Damascus for talks on the blockade, the truce, and Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who has been held hostage in Gaza for more than two years, Hamas said. Two senior political officers of Hamas, Mussa Abu Marzuk and Mohammad Nasr, also took part in the meeting which lasted several hours. (iAfrica.com)
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Monday, December 15, 2008 12:31 AM CST. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
1977: 350,000, Jimmy Carter. Source: National Park Service. (USA Today)
AP: Former US President Jimmy Carter is meeting with the exiled leader of Hamas for the second time this year. President Bush, while in Baghdad for a surprise visit, says 'the work in Iraq hasn't been easy, but is necessary for American security. (Thaindian.com)
In the book "Arctic Wings," Holt wrote a central chapter and Jimmy Carter wrote the foreword. They've been featured on the cover of National Geographic magazine and soon will appear in "Frozen Earth," the BBC sequel to the wildly popular global documentary "Planet Earth." ORI has pioneered avian science, and ORI has put together children's books. (Montana Standard, MT)
Pope Benedict XVI, former President Jimmy Carter, former FBI Director William S. Sessions and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu all have called for mercy in Davis case. Demonstrations were held weekly earlier this year, and they were renewed this week when a federal appeals court again listened to arguments for a new hearing by Davis lawyers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Zimbabwe needs political re-fashioning now, and not by telling Tsvangirai to take whatever he can get and somehow move forward from a point of palpable weakness, as suggested by former President Jimmy Carter and the Elders. Mugabe cannot be trusted. (Boston Globe)
King was appointed by Democratic President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Dennis was appointed by Democrat Bill Clinton in 1995. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
That included United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon's lukewarm reaction towards a largely symbolic December 3 petition signed and sent to him by 112 former world leaders, including former US president Jimmy Carter and British prime minister Tony Blair, requesting him to visit Myanmar in the wake of the recent political arrests and sentences. Through a spokesperson, Ban responded that he " ... will not be able to do so without reasonable expectations of a meaningful outcome, which is what... (Asia Times Online)
Jimmy Carter won the presidency in 1976, after eight years of Richard Nixon. The hopes of the liberal left were similarly high. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
President Jimmy Carter described the America economy in the late 1970s as in a state of "malaise" and added to the gloom. The optimism of Ronald Reagan and his "morning in America" vision helped shake us out of that funk. (Anchorage Daily News)
Blind Boys of Alabama members Ricky McKinnie (from left), Bobby Butler, Jimmy Carter, Ben Moore, Joey Williams and Billy Bowers are shown ... He fit us perfectly, said Jimmy Carter, 76, the Blind Boys lead vocalist since Fountain quit touring two years ago for health reasons ... Jimmy Carter, 76, is the only Blind Boy of Alabama still touring who sang with the original members at the Talladega, Ala. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
This brings us back to the opportunism of former US President Jimmy Carter and his cohorts who attempted to force their way into Zimbabwe a few weeks ago under a liberal banner and facade of goodwill. Carter's inability and unwillingness to aggressively persuade every US President that succeeded him to honour the commitment he made to Zimbabwe during the Lancaster House negotiations speaks volumes in relationship to his concerns about the people's well-being and the country's stability. (allAfrica.com)
Appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, he was re-appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. Recently Mr. Volcker has been called upon to lead an independent investigation into the Iraqi Oil for Food Program of the United Nations and a review of the World Banks anti-corruption efforts. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The bar, which has been a student hangout since Jimmy Carter was president, was originally named Henry's Place when it opened in 1978. It was renamed Monty's in 1990, but owner Louie Holton changed the bar's name to Louie's Suds & Sun in 2001 because of a university mandate to remove all references to Monty Montezuma from the campus. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Jimmy Carter literally woke up to find the Soviets in Afghanistan - and our embassy staff held hostage in Iran, a collapsed ally. Ronald Reagan faced the Beirut Marine-barracks bombing. (New York Post -- Opinions)
To make that happen, he needs to avoid the mistakes of his two Democratic predecessors, former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, two Southern governors who saw their agendas bog down early despite comfortable Democratic majorities. The Carter administration's chilly relations with Democratic leaders began when Hamilton Jordan, Carter's chief of staff, refused to give then-speaker of the House Tip O'Neill extra tickets for an inaugural gala. (USA Today)
We had recently gone through the Jimmy Carter years and gas lines, said Paul Battista, who owns the firm with his wife, Nanette. We wanted a company to provide a value-added service to the product. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
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