Abstract
This paper examines the character and presidency of Jimmy Carter. First, the author gives a background to the election. Then Carter's personal values and qualities are described. Some of the major events of Carter's tenure as president are presented. The author emphasizes Carter's strong religious convictions as being the basis for his morally-based leadership. This paper attempts to examine Carter's leadership not for what he accomplished while in office but rather for the man and his values. Several of Carter's books are cited, which deal with both foreign and domestic policy. The paper concludes with a biographical sketch of Carter's life and explanations for his failure to be re-elected.

From the Paper
" According to Hargrove, Carter was a personable but also a probing discussion leader, and that, in combination with his and his inner circle's independent reading, research, and reflections in private, combined, was how decisions were arrived at within Jimmy Carter's White House. On the other hand, perhaps in reaction to Watergate, Carter was neither well-practiced nor very interested in political maneuvering and was perhaps even (due, as Hargrove suggests, to his engineering background in the Naval Submarine Program under Hyman Rickover) too intently focused, and therefore lacking in sufficient peripheral vision."

Tags:Jimmy, Carter, James, Earle, Carter, Southern, Baptist, US, Presidency

Abstract
The paper relates that Ronald Reagan did increase defense spending, did strengthen national defense, and did adopt a tougher policy towards the Soviet Union. But, the paper points out that he was building on a foundation laid, in the second part of his term, by Jimmy Carter. This paper discusses Carter defense policy and defense spending and the continuation of Carter spending levels under Ronald Reagan.

From the Paper
"James Earl Carter, Jr. better known as Jimmy Carter, served as the 39th President of the United States. Carter served one term as President, from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat, Carter was elected in 1976, defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. Carter himself was defeated in 1980 by Ronald Reagan. Carter entered office at what might be called the end of the Vietnam Era, just about a year and half after the fall of South Vietnam to the North..."

Tags:defence, carter, reagan

Abstract
This paper discusses the foreign policies of American Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. The paper then compares the strategies and goals of the Carter and Reagan administrations' foreign policy. The paper points out the nation's criticism of Carter's foreign policy and how Reagan inspired the people's trust and confidence.

Outline:
Carter and His Foreign Policies
Reagan and His Foreign Policies
Carter vs. Reagan

From the Paper
"James Earl "Jimmy" Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Before becoming president, he was the Governor of Georgia, and served two terms at the senate. He was regarded as an outcast to traditional party politics. The start of his presidency was marked by caution, conservatism, frustrations, and disappointments. Economic stagnation together with inflation, the energy crisis, the war in Afghanistan, and the Iran hostage crisis were the events that besieged his presidency."

Tags:Soviet, Union, Communism, White, House

Abstract
This paper discusses the energy policy of President Jimmy Carter. It examines environmental awareness in the 1970s, including the first earthy-crunchies (also called tree-huggers) and the establishment of Earth Day. The paper also lists Carter's achievements in getting legislation passed to both inhibit use of increasingly scarce fossil fuels and to develop alternative energy sources. Finally, the paper discusses Carter's failure to recognize true alternative power sources.

Table of Contents:
Mr. Carter's Energy Policy
Failure to Recognize True Alternatives
Two Wrongs, No Rights

From the Paper
"It is difficult to understand why Mr. Carter places more emphasis on synthetics than on solar energy. In the 1970s, arguably, the oil interests were not quite as entrenched in American government as now (certainly not in Mr. Carter's circle, it would seem), and solar energy was a darling of mass market publications, such as Mother Earth News; it was a favored subject of the earthy-crunchies, if overheard discussions of Baby Boomer Americans can be believed. But, the paucity of governmental support, financial and otherwise, for solar energy had made it likely that technology is not much more advanced than it was in the 1970s, indeed, building a 'green house' relying on solar energy is more expensive even now than conventional construction."

Tags:fuel, geothermal, solar, gasoline, legislation

Abstract
This paper takes a look at the 39th President of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr., more commonly known as Jimmy Carter. The paper discusses his life, his work and his political career. The paper reports that Carter was elected in 1976, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; but defeated for re-election four years later. According to the paper, the primary evidence of Carter's early religious; moral; educational, and personal influences offer insight into his morally-based leadership, a kind America might do well to better and more clearly encourage, rather than ignore or even denigrate, among leaders today.

From the Paper
"As a boy, the future President Jimmy Carter's deep religious orientation, combined with the sense of civic and patriotic responsibility he learned, from his parents ; community; at church; at Sunday school, and in the Georgia public schools, likely also influenced him to choose the United States Navy as his first career. As an adolescent Carter dreamed of being appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and graduating from there a Naval officer Carter further recalls that his father, by then a successful peanut farmer in Plains, and who had taught his son and namesake Jimmy to work alongside him from age 10 or so, nevertheless strongly encouraged his oldest son, then the only male heir to the elder Carter's thriving peanut farming business, to pursue his personal dream of entering Annapolis and making the Navy his career
Jimmy Carter, having succeeded after high school, at being appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis as a cadet in 1941, and then graduated in the top 20% of his class, completing a Bachelor of Science degree in 1945. After that the future President first served on submarines in Atlantic, and in Pacific fleets. But Jimmy Carter's seven-year Naval career ended (regretfully for the former President; since his goal from childhood had been to spend his life as a Naval officer ) abruptly when his father died on October 9, 1953 ). At that time, Carter was a command officer in the Navy's then fledgling nuclear submarine program, and then Captain (later Admiral) Hyman Rickover was his mentor."

Tags:politics, republican, democrat, white, house, presidency, Federal, Reserve, Bank, foreign, policy

Abstract
The paper discusses Jimmy Carter's focus on human rights during his presidency. The paper describes how Carter encountered a lot of criticism over his foreign policy, but points out that he maintained a surprisingly successful foreign policy for someone who had so little experience. The paper points out all of Carter's achievements and relates that Carter was a man of high morals who tried to do good in spite of overpowering odds and political aggression on the part of powerful nations in the world of that day.

From the Paper
"In 1977, Carter began a focus on human rights through his presidential powers, beginning with the campaign to give back Panama Canal without negative repercussions. In 1977 the public was clearly against "losing" the Panama Canal. Carter's honeymoon after a successful preesidential election was spent on a serious campaign to change America's attitude toward the Third World. This campaign sent Andrew Young's on many trips to Africa, and set forth a new human rights policy, a softened American traditional sponsorship of right-wing dictators. Removing America' from owning a colonial outpost in Panama was necessary to such a program (Wills, 334)."

Tags:morals, Panama, Soviet, Union, Middle, East, deterrence

Abstract
The paper discusses how "Rubin ""Hurricane"" Carter was a former championship contending boxer who was arrested and wrongly convicted for a triple murder at a local bar in Paterson, N.J. The paper relates that Carter was training for a championship boxing match in October 1966 when he, along with his companion John Artis, was arrested for the triple murder of three customers at a bar in Paterson, NJ. The paper reveals that it took almost 20 years for Rubin Carter to be released as innocent. The paper argues that he was the victim, not only of racism, but of a ""win-at-all"" costs mentality of the prosecutor and the police, who were willing to suborn perjury and distortions in order to get their conviction.

From the Paper
'Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a former championship contending boxer who was arrested and wrongly convicted for a triple murder at a local bar in Paterson, N.J. Carter was training for a championship boxing match in October 1966 when he, along with his companion John Artis, was arrested for the triple murder of three customers at a bar in Paterson, NJ. Carter and Artis had been arrested on the night of the crime because they fit an eyewitness description of the killers, but they were not indicted by a grand jury when the one surviving victim failed to identify them as the gunmen. The state managed to produce two eyewitnesses, Alfred Bello and Arthur D...."

Tags:murder, race, wrongful conviction

Abstract
This paper contrasts the policies of President Reagan and Carter and their policies toward Latin America, as explained in the book, "Exiting the Whirlpool," by Robert A. Pastor. Using examples from the book of how the Carter and Reagan administrations handled some of the crises in Latin America, the writer shows how Carter was consistent throughout his policies and adhered to his central platforms, including human rights and cooperation, while Reagan's inconsistency was rampant in his policies, and included the use of force, manipulation and interventionism.

From the Paper
"In his fight against the Sandinistas, Reagan sought friendly relations with military governments. By preferring relations with and enforcing military governments, Reagan undermined the balance of power required for a democracy; the exact balance of power that kept the U.S. a democracy during Reagan's presidency. His lack of respect for the balance of power was evident through his isolated approach. Reagan refused to negotiate if the negotiations did not fall within his conservative boundaries. One such example is when five Latin American presidents pleaded with Reagan to end aid to the contras and promote "democratization through national reconciliation" and Reagan was unyielding."

Tags:contras Sandinista Nicaragua, Panama Canal Treaty, CIA democratic

Abstract
This paper first presents and overview of the crime Ruben Carter was accused of and sentenced to life imprisonment for and then takes a look at the impact this case has had on the American judicial system once it was determined that Carter had been wrongfully convicted. The paper points out that, despite the increased awareness of the inadequacies of the American judicial that Carter's case generated and the improvements in the justice system brought about by DNA technology, many Americans continue to be wrongfully convicted to this day in the United States of America.

From the Paper
"The case of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter has become a symbol, both negative and positive, for American's judicial system. Rubin carter's case has had a profound impact on accused and convicted criminals today. The advent of DNA technology has helped to reduce the number of wrongful convictions, and has also been instrumental in exonerating a number of convicted prisoners. While DNA technology has had an important impact on the criminal justice system, experts argue that the number of wrongful convictions is an increasing problem in the United States. One website lists 22 potential wrongful convictions on Texas' death row alone. Racism played an important role in Carter's original conviction, and today allegations of racism continue to plague the criminal justice system. The legal damage to the right of habeas corpus by the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has reduced the ability of prisoners to demand the right to be brought before a judge to determine if they have been unlawfully imprisoned. Altogether, while Rubin Carter's case brought a great deal of public attention and sympathy to the issue of wrongful convictions, accused and convicted criminals today continue to fact the problem of wrongful conviction."

Tags:african, american, triple, murder, lafayette, grill, eyewitness, shooting, crime, evidence, conflicting

Abstract
For over seventy years, Elliott Carter has been considered by many as one of the most important American composers of the twentieth century. This paper deals with the two distinct periods in Elliott Carter's career, using 1950 as a turning point. Several important works from each period are presented along with Carter's thoughts and his critics' reaction to his dramatic stylistic change. Other areas dealing with issues relating to contemporary music during from 1930 to 1980 are included.

From the Paper
"Out of many conclusions that can be drawn from his music, only one clearly stands out above the rest. This aspect is the dramatic change in his philosophical approach to composition in the 1950's. One could even discuss this transformation at great length by noting the substantial differences between works such as Holiday Overture (1944) and String Quartet No. 1 (1950). With these comparisons (in addition to comparisons between other works), one can conclude that Elliott Carter has two distinctive periods. The first is an early period, extending from around 1936 to 1949, which comprises works written predominately in a tonal and accessible "style." The second, or late, period, extending from 1950 to the present, gives birth to new harmonic and rhythmic languages that would not only define his mature works, but also separate him from other modernists of his day. While it is important to explore all of his works from both periods with comprehensive detail, the primary focus here is to provide insight into his artistic metamorphosis by briefly illustrating the concepts, retrospective thoughts, and reception of his major works."

Tags:classical, composition, copland, orchestra, stravinsky