Word: fdr
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first 15 minutes of "Charles Grodin" on CNBC were actually entertaining. Grodin said he's supported every president back to FDR, peccadilloes and all, because "I understand the stress of the job." Then there's the Murdoch report: Fox "News" at 10 ran a pop-psych piece suggesting that Monica and Bill were "the perfect match." "Men pursue their 'honey,'" the featured expert said. "Women pursue the money...
...This one could run on the History Channel: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). A balanced, almost documentary view of winter 1941, including the very distinct possibility that FDR and his top brass knew about it ahead of time. On the American side, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards and Joseph Cotten as Secretary of State Stimson, and S? Yamamura and Tatsuya Mihashi manning the aerial battering ram. A full complement of directors, one American and two Japanese, make this a true learner for those whose schoolbook days are mercifully over...
...United States] have not elected a president without a southerner on the ticket since FDR," he added. "I think the country is increasingly dominated by the South...
...another year. Along the way, I've eaten goldfish with Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, discussed civil liberties with Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, asked Warburg Professor of Economics emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith whom he thinks had the greatest impact on the 20th century (FDR '40), and talked with Agee Professor of Social Ethics Robert Coles '50 about his possible departure from Harvard...
...FDR This nearly cinematic biography of the nation's longest-serving President offers a compelling look at the man and his time. The elegant design includes virtual tours of F.D.R.'s home. ($40; Corbis...