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President-Talk New York, July 12—Jimmy Carter continues his drive to colonize New York City. He was off to a very good start a week or so back when he addressed a large throng at the Waldorf-Astoria and read a speech that might have been given at a United Nations testimonial dinner. This time around, his confidence fortified, he breached the inner sanctum of New York liberalism, the editorial lounge of the New York Times.

This is a scary experience, of which I happen to be a graduate, having endured it when running for mayor of New York. In those dark days the joint was absolutely dry, and the senior editors armed themselves in their own offices, or in the closet, with a bit of the grape. Since then, following on the heels of aggiornamento in Rome, the old rule has been repealed, and Jimmy Carter was presumably offered a drink. Whether he took it, I do not know; the datum was not revealed—a man must have some privacy, even in running for office.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

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President-Talk New York, July 12—Jimmy Carter continues his drive to colonize New York City. He was off to a very good start a week or so back when he addressed a large throng at the Waldorf-Astoria and read a speech that might have been given at a United Nations testimonial dinner. This time around, his confidence fortified, he breached the inner sanctum of New York liberalism, the editorial lounge of the New York Times.

This is a scary experience, of which I happen to be a graduate, having endured it when running for mayor of New York. In those dark days the joint was absolutely dry, and the senior editors armed themselves in their own offices, or in the closet, with a bit of the grape. Since then, following on the heels of aggiornamento in Rome, the old rule has been repealed, and Jimmy Carter was presumably offered a drink. Whether he took it, I do not know; the datum was not revealed—a man must have some privacy, even in running for office.