Word: foreshortened
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...requirements of office foreshorten the opportunities for learning, argues Kissinger, "Presidents learn how to get on the nightly news to influence people and how to make decisions. But it is a myth that the presidency ennobles a person, that he can learn something mystical once he is in office. He cannot learn the substance on the job. If a President arrives an empty person, he leaves...