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Jimmy Carter: Maybe if it has to start with 'a,' maybe 'ambitious'—or maybe 'aspiring' or at least 'ageless.'

On the recordFebruary 22, 1979
Maybe if it has to start with 'a,' maybe 'ambitious'—or maybe 'aspiring' or at least 'ageless.'
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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