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...DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN Author, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln He should force his handlers to let him break out from those scripted meetings with the public and really start talking to people. He has to get out of the White House. He has to sit down and figure out what he can accomplish. There's still leverage in the presidency. He had a reputation in Texas as someone who reached across the political lines, and that hasn't been in evidence through much of his presidency. The most important thing for him is to acknowledge that...
...Aaron Copland is famous for his orchestra and film compositions. Throughout his life, Copland created innovative pieces that were different from traditional European music. “A Lincoln Portrait”, written after Pearl Harbor was attacked, resonates with patriotism. The piece includes quotes from Abraham Lincoln’s writings that will be narrated by Dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 as Copland’s music plays in the background. Wei-Jen Yuan ’06, the winner of this year’s HRO Concerto Competition, will be playing Tchaikovsky?...
That money was directed through a charity originally created by a Gingrich supporter to help poor kids. Lion's share of the money raised by the tax-exempt Abraham Lincoln Opportunity Foundation bankrolled cable-TV shows and other parts of Gingrich's program...
...also underscored what makes Hebron such a difficult case. Both Jews and Muslims consider the city holy because it is host to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the supposed resting place of Abraham, who is central to both religions, and of his family. Attracted by the site, some 400 Israeli settlers, mostly religious extremists, live in enclaves amid Hebron's 100,000 Arabs. Mindful of a 1929 pogrom against Jewish Hebronites, the settlers fear that Palestinian self-rule will lead to their slaughter. Friedman, an Orthodox Jew from a settlement near Jerusalem, said he acted to stop any Israeli retreat...
...next time you handle a $5 bill, take a look at Abraham Lincoln’s face. His expression suggests a gloomy disposition, even depression—an illness that today might be a political liability...