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...which Horatio Alger individualism was unhampered by monopoly power. Such a vision, reminiscent of Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom, presupposes a peculiarly slanted view of American history--one which Julian loses no time in expounding. He tells the senators that "Roger Williams, Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, Tom Paine, Jefferson, Emerson, Thoreau, Lincoln and the Roosevelts" shared a single "collective vision" of America as "a nation of independent and self-reliant individuals who are free because equal in wealth and power equal in opportunity if not status." It goes without saying that no such America--where opportunity was equal...
Carter, who frequently referred to himself during the campaign as "the first farmer to run for President since Thomas Jefferson," tends toward a Jeffersonian attitude where the trappings of public office are concerned. As Georgia's chief executive, he sometimes surprised visitors to the Governor's mansion by appearing barefoot and in Levi's, even as Jefferson used to greet visitors to the White House in an old robe and slippers. Carter is discovering, however, that it is not quite so easy to resist the perquisites of the modern presidency...
...planning board includes tenants of Jefferson Park, residents of the North Cambridge community, and other health care professionals...
Wolder said the planning board has begun surveying residents' reactions to the clinic. She said that of the responses she has received, most Jefferson Park and North Cambridge residents said they will use the service...
...clinic's location in the high rise building at Jefferson Park will be ready for occupancy during February, Wolder said...