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A Century of U. S. Vice Presidents
Out of the last 22 vice presidents, all but three had prior experience serving in government in Washington, D.C. The least experienced resigned after criminal charges.
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VP Agnew Accuses TV News of Bias
Spiro Agnew, the son of Greek immigrants, became known for his fiery, alliterative speeches in which he attacked political opponents of the Nixon administration.
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Safire's Impact on Language Through Column
For 30 years William Safire made a lasting contribution writing on language in the New York Times. He was known as an arbiter of meanings, use, colloquialisms, and slang.
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Gerald R Ford America's Only Unelected President
When the Nation's only unelected President died in 2006, few felt it would effect the elections of 2008. None the less Obama-Ford & McCain-Ford comparisons are surfacing.
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Gil Scott-Heron: Winter In America
Despite his reputation as the godfather of rap, Gil Scott-Heron's 'Winter In America', is a soulful record, highlighting his rich voice and Brian Jackson's musicianship.
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On Predicting Presidential Elections
Be advised. Take predictions of presidential election results with a large grain of salt.
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Palin Experience Pales Next to 19 Recent VPs
We're looking at something very hokey around Sarah Palin's candidacy. Why is America swooning over someone with an inadequate and fickle record?
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The Comeback of Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon, an impressive politician from California, left the Vice Presidency in 1960 in hopes of attaining the White House for himself.
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THE VICE PRESIDENT: MORE IMPORTANT THAN WE THINK?
More than a third of all Vice Presidents have become President. This alone makes the selection of this person very important. Learn who has moved up, and why we should take this person a little more seriously in the future.
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RE-ELECTED RUNNING-MATES
It is rare that the team of President and Vice President is re-elected. Only eight times in our history have both people been re-elected together for a second term, six of those times have been in this century, and four of them in the last half-century. In this article, we examine this growing trend.
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ALMOST PRESIDENT: HUBERT HORATIO HUMPHREY, PART VI
Hubert Humphrey came very close to being elected President in 1968. This is the story of how close he came and why he lost. There have been far too few leaders like this in our history.
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PAST AND PRESENT: FLASHBACK, THE FRESHMAN
A look at how FLASHBACK and THE FRESHMAN offered its respective stars, Dennis Hopper and Marlon Brando, a chance to have fun with their pasts
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