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The governor of Illinois is an uncommon man with the interests of the common man at heart.
"The Commodore's acts have touched the public,
more or less nearly, in a spot which is tender."
His accomplishments will unfortunately be overshadowed by his fatal mistakes in Vietnam.
His race against Grant for the presidency cost him his
reputation and, maybe, his life.
The former dressmaker now fashions herself a revolutionary.
The author of Ten Days That Shook the World was one of the
greatest journalists of his day or any day.
The secretary of state's political views are rooted in his religion. Tell that to the leaders of his faith.
The man who reported on the Third Reich for CBS finds
some disturbing parallels between the Nixon administration and the Nazi government.
The great portrait painter and inventor who will forever be memorialized in a series of dots and dashes.
The head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters takes on FDR.


