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American Dynasty: Chapter 14 - Camelot (opens the original)
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The TeamKennedy assembled an administration that mixed old Taft Republicans, Kennedy loyalists, rising conservative intellectuals, businessmen, and a handful of figures who did not fit easily into any faction of the party. Vice President Howard Buffett would naturally be one of the administration’s most influential voices, particularly on economic and fiscal matters. William Knowland was rewarded for his support of Jack during the bitter nomination fight with promotion to Secretary of State, pla
The Confederate Century - Chapter Ten: Keep Order (opens the original)
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John Nance Garner entered 1929 presiding over a Confederacy that appeared, on paper, almost uniquely prepared to withstand economic trouble. The government owed no funded national debt, its currency remained tied to gold, and unlike the United States and most of Europe it possessed no central bank resembling the Federal Reserve, but instead continued to operate through an old Independent Treasury system descended from the principles associated with Van Buren and Polk, under which public revenues
American Dynasty: Chapter 13 - The New Frontier Election (opens the original)
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1960 would be one of the most remembered presidential elections in American history, with numerous twists and turns, ups and downs, and a cast of characters equal to almost any other election in American history.Throughout the summer and fall of 1959, Jack Kennedy and Dick Nixon circled each other like two mastodons in the wild, sizing each other up. Dick Nixon had been a Kennedy ally for twenty years and longer. Joe Sr. viewed Dick almost like his fifth son, and yet, in the end, blood was thick
The Confederate Century - Chapter Nine: The Balance of Power (opens the original)
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The Confederate Century - Chapter Eight: The Price of the Succession (opens the original)
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The Nominating SeasonBy the beginning of 1927, nearly everyone in Washington had discovered a reason to visit the Cuban senators.Some came to discuss sugar. Others came to discuss shipping, judicial appointments, naval appropriations, or the constitutional meaning of the word temporary. Several came ostensibly to welcome the newest members of the Confederacy and remained long enough to mention a bill.José Manuel Cortina received them in an office still containing unopened packing cases. Orestes
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