Word: lincoln
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...that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States...
...served as director of women’s studies. When Faust was appointed to lead the Radcliffe Institute, she also received tenure in Harvard’s History Department. Ulrich says that everyone was “totally enthusiastic” to name Faust the Lincoln professor of history, an appropriate title for an expert on the Civil War. Faust’s husband, Charles Rosenberg, the former chair of the Penn History Department who is best known for his work on cholera in 19th century America, also moved to Harvard and is now the Monrad professor of social sciences...
...experience, but experience alone doesn't prove anything about a candidate's ability to serve as President. Consider a former President who, like Obama, hailed from Illinois, lacked a long career in national politics and wasn't favored to win his party's nomination. His name was Abraham Lincoln. Bo Tuerk Golden, Colorado...
...label “black” instead of that other taboo word, they now have the luxury to “behave” as either black or white—surely, no less freedom than what Martin Luther King Jr. intended in his glorious cry atop the Lincoln Memorial...right...
...experience, but experience alone doesn't prove anything about a candidate's ability to serve as President. Consider a former President who, like Obama, hailed from Illinois, lacked a long career in national politics and wasn't favored to win his party's nomination. His name was Abraham Lincoln...