Word: lincoln
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Since then he has not mentioned that possible proviso, preferring to point out that his attitude on draft evasion was shared by Presidents Lincoln, Coolidge and Truman, all of whom granted amnesty following previous wars...
...America's past. As the Norman Mailer-Germaine Greer exchange indicated recently, the snub-nosed innuendo aimed below the belt is today's favored weapon. When quips were quips even a President of the United States could get them off. Remember the British diplomat who told Lincoln that "English gentlemen never black their own boots"? Lincoln looked up from buffing his own and replied, "Whose boots do you black...
...interference. He would rather try to run the world-an easier proposition. In foreign policy, he can deal, as a lawyer, with facts and concepts and a few powerful leaders. The masses of people are once removed, over the horizon, a mere statistic. He can go up to his Lincoln Sitting Room, map out a policy and announce it as fact by executive order; only formal treaties must be ratified by Congress...
...mayoral race next year. It worked so well, he says, that a political enemy asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate him, and he was subsequently hit with an outstanding $80,000 claim. While Coxson was trying to appeal the case, the feds moved in and seized his white Lincoln Continental Mark IV and his custom-built black Cadillac limousine. Undaunted, Coxson went right out and bought another set of wheels: a $300 kelly green tandem bicycle with dual horns and chrome fenders...
...always on view, with few chances for escape. Thus George Wallace makes a speech behind a bulletproof lectern-and then darts out to shake hands with a crowd that includes his would-be assassin, who seeks the same limelight. John Wilkes Booth, a professional actor, plotted to murder Abraham Lincoln in a theater where he would have a captive audience. Contemporary assassins are supplied with a much larger stage by television. They know that their deed, or its immediate aftermath, will be witnessed by millions of horror-struck citizens...