How Carter saw it all very clearly
R. W. Apple Jr. argues that Carter’s rise came from reading the national mood, exploiting the primary system, and building a statewide base in Georgia while leveraging key aides and timely luck. Carter’s openness, discipline, and anti Washington stance helped him outpace rivals like Wallace and Jackson, culminating in a televised victory and party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Gaul
Caesar
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Chappaquiddick
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Capitol Hill
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
Sen
Brch Bayh
Indiana
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Robert S. Strauss
Jerry Apodaca
New Mexico
Apodaca
Timothy Kraft
Iowa
Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
East
Lyndon Johnson
George McGovern
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Ohio
Mutiny on the Bounty and other era events
A 1936 Bennington segment recalls a near fatal train car collision on Dewey Street and the Samaritan Hospital class of 1936 reunion. It also notes UVM president William S Carlson addressing Bennington High’s 88 graduates, local art program director appointment, school expansions, and historic events from 1928 to 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bender
Walloomsac
N.Y
Dewey Street
Samaritan Hospital Training Group
Samaritan Hospital
UVM
William S. Carlson
Bennington
Bennington High School
Out of step at the Point Scandal fuels West Point education critique
Frederick C. Thayer, a 1945 West Point graduate and former Air Force colonel, argues the honor system at West Point pressures competition over learning. He criticizes take-home engineering problems that discourage discussion and claim the system punishes collaborative learning, calling it educationally insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Academy
Frederick C. Thayer
University of Pittsburgh
Air Force
Also Mentioned on This Page
RW. Apple JR
N.Y. Times News Service
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan
Om Carter
Georgia
American Samoa
Atlanta
R.W. Apple Jr
The
New York Times
Jane Mackerney
Fannie Waite
Helen Rockwood
Mabel Shanahan
Charles Laughton
Clark Gable
Franchot Tone
Mutiny ON the Bounty
Big Chief
Equano
Edgar S. Buss
Alice
Allan J. Heath
Gordon M. Thomas
Franklin A Riley
Walter C. Wood
George Heard Hamilton
Yale University
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
Institute
Hamilton
Robert Sterling Clark
Williams
Charles Becker
Shaftsbury Fire Company
Florence Kelton
Albina Perry
Edwin L. Bigelow
Manchester
Eddie Campbell
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Wilmer Sultz
China
Democratic National Committee
Washington, D.C
Frederick C Thayer
N.Y. Times
Pittsburgh, Penna
Army
Apamounts National Bank
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
West Dover
Vermont
F.D.I.C
North Adams
Larks
Life Stride
Corelli
Nature Solesigner
Converse
Iran
Georgey Wallace
Ricky Daley
Scoopey Jackson
Scot Sport Motors
North Street
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