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Exhibit A: Twentieth century American politics. Astonishingly few American leaders, and almost no presidents, have been immersed in the nation's cultural and intellectual life. In fact, it probably would be too much to ask many of them to hold forth on the Jefferson-Hamilton debates, the 14th Amendment, Marbury v. Madison, or any of the historical events that defined America's ideological bent. Ronald Reagan may be our most obviously unintellectual leader, but he is not alone; you'd probably have to go back to Adlai Stevenson to find a national politician well-versed in national culture and literature...
...Diego Chargers traded wide receiver John Jefferson to Green Bay in exchange for "future considerations and draft choices...
With expensive legal advice from the Washington law firm of Covington and Burling, the club adheres scrupulously to federal campaign-spending laws. But its Jefferson Marketing offshoot is a private, for-profit firm and is thus not required to report how it spends money paid it by the Congressional Club. (A group disbanded last month called the Campaign Committee, which had provided workers for the political campaigns, had similar status.) That makes a detailed examination of the club's activities impossible...
...lure of 50% interest rates was almost irresistible. In ust a few days, an estimated 10,000 customers signed up for the A.S.C.s at Dime Savings Bank of New York, which was offering interest rates of up to 18% plus an up-front cash bonus of $100 or more. Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association in Washington, D.C., received the $1 million it had decided to accept under the new plan in 1½% days...
NONFICTION: The Eisenhower Diaries, edited by Robert H. Ferrell Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello, Dumas Malone ∙The Lord God Made Them All, James Herriot ∙Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough ∙Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number, Jacobo Timerman Within the Whirlwind, Eugenia Ginzburg...