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Elliott fell in love with politics along with the rest of his town when popular local physician Otis "Doc" Bowen ran for governor in 1972. Bowen swept into office with the Nixon landslide that year, and sixth grader Elliott was captivated by the furor: "The whole community was just thrust into a political frenzy for months. It was exceedingly exciting, not just politically, but in a very personal way... We attended umpteen political rallies and speeches, with the TV cameras and lights and everything... Somewhere in the campaign, I became involved in the whole process, became an avid Republican...
Hitler's odious power to spellbind an audience has wreaked havoc once again in the furor over the fake diaries [May 16]. Even in death, Hitler has destroyed the reputation and credibility of gullible historians and editors, most notably those at the magazine Stern. All it took was a forger for the Fűhrer to bask in the limelight yet another time. Had the diaries proved authentic, then collectors would have been at one another's throats to own the journals of a man who caused such worldwide suffering...
...schools are ineligible for federal tax-exempt status. Then, the next day, Reagan replaced three members of the Commission on Civil Rights with appointees who share his opposition to racial quotas and busing. Reagan, who heatedly claims that he is against any kind of discrimination, was nonplused by the furor that followed the reshuffling. Said a senior aide: "He really is wounded when he's portrayed as anti-civil rights...
...Kennedy], the Board of Directors and I hope to cool the furor and somehow bring Hoover and the university closer together," Kimball said...
...international furor arose over the authenticity of the diaries, Stern's editors would say only that their trusted correspondent Gerd Heidemann, 51, had acquired the priceless documents and that he would not disclose who gave them to him or who had hidden them...