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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final days of Rome, the historian Ammianus Marcellinus noted, "The modern nobles measure their rank and consequence according to the loftiness of their chariots." If old Marcellinus were around today he might be fretting about the future of the U.S., because we are about to put the President in the loftiest chariot that man has yet devised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Loftiest Chariot | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

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