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...have to kill every other man in Nicaragua." Somoza I was followed by Somoza II and III, all supported politically and financially by the United States. The dynasty reached its fullest flower with Somoza III, who sold everything he could find in Nicaragua, including the blood of his fellow citizens, to the United States. The Somozas persevered until they were overthrown by Sandino's spiritual successors, the Sandinistas...
...kind of like being a kid in a candy store--to be able to look at [Harvard] through the eyes of an allegedly mature adult," said future Fellow Eugene Robinson, city editor of the Washington Post...
...think everybody gets a little something different out of it," said future Fellow William Dietrich, a reporter for the Seattle Times. "When you get out in the world you don't always have time to stop--the University is handing out an opportunity to do that," said Dietrich, adding that most of the Journalists selected are in their mid-thirties, and ready to take stock of their careers...
Like many of my fellow students, I came to Harvard to be exposed to a wide variety of ideas, including unpopular and controversial ones. An uninhibited exchange of ideas--even ideas we find offensive--is essential to the pursuit of truth and knowledge. To this end, the university justifiably asks its members to show at least some minimal level of tolerance, self-restraint, and respect for the rights of others...
...difference, Ambrose suggests, may have been triggered by Nixon's experience in the Navy, where he learned to gamble. One day he asked a fellow officer, "Is there any sure way to win at poker?" Not only did Nixon become an excellent player and use his winnings (estimated variously at $3,000 to $10,000) to help finance his entry into politics; he came to see life as a winner-take-all affair. To someone who later criticized his underhanded tactics in his 1946 race against Democratic Congressman Jerry Voorhis, Nixon replied, "I had to win. That's the thing...