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Article: Carter an independent, world-wise former president.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 10, 2002
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WASHINGTON _ Jimmy Carter moves around the globe as a moral force, a patient negotiator and an exasperating free-lance diplomat with his own foreign policy. While others talk, he works. At 77, he still builds houses for the poor, defuses conflict, helps eradicate disease and ensures free elections.
The ex-president and Southern Baptist deacon from Georgia heads to Cuba today as a fiercely independent elder statesman known for his humility _ and his self-righteousness.
He has helped free political prisoners while flattering thugs. He lives by his faith while honoring the separation of church and state.
``Above all, he's just fearless in what he ...