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Jimmy Carter's background

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Vietnam asks for UN membership

Vietnam's UN membership request delayed by presidential campaign.

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Carter Playboy interview, September 1976

Carter Playboy interview. Public reaction to Carter's 'adultery in my heart' admission.

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Unsporting manners

Unsporting manners. Violence erupts outside Yankee Stadium.

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Presidential candidates' TV debates

Carter v Ford presidential campaign TV debates.

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Politics v baseball

World Series final clashes with Carter-Ford TV debate.

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Presidential election, November 1976

Carter wins presidential election.

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Jimmy Carter elected president, 1976

How Americans feel about Jimmy Carter.

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Shining the light on payola

The Sunshine laws and endemic payola.

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Assassinations committee

Doubt over FBI evidence as new probe into assassinations is launched.

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Friedman warns on inflation

Milton Friedman warns Carter on potential for inflation.

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Bertram Lance appointed budget director

Bertram Lance appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

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Immigrant work ethic

Immigrant work ethic. Prejudices about national character.

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Racial discrimination, 1976

Racial discrimination in private US clubs.

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Christmas in Vermont, 1976

A traditional New England Christmas for the Cooke family.

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Death with dignity law

California introduces 'death with dignity' legislation.

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Carter's inauguration preparations

Preparations for Jimmy Carter's presidential inauguration.

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President Carter inaugurated

President Jimmy Carter's inauguration day. Snow storms abate for the big day.

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Government by the people

Carter promises more public consultation on issues.

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Severe winter weather

Severe winter weather hits North American continent.

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First weeks of Carter presidency

President Carter's first changes in the White House regime.

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Obscenity laws

Maintaining freedom of speech while curbing obscenity.

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Collective bargaining law

Carter faces labour backlash over collective bargaining law.

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Equal Rights hold-up

Equal Rights amendment delayed by states refusal to ratify.

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Falling standards of literacy

Failed students complain while literacy standards drop.

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When fact becomes fiction

How a small story grows into a much larger rumour.

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Carter's popularity soars

President Carter gaining in popularity.

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US-Soviet arms talks collapse

Human rights row leads to collapse of US-Soviet arms talks.

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Presidential expectations

What the people expect of their president.

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Corporal punishment ruling

Supreme Court allows corporal punishment in schools.

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