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...detailed account of the McGovern-Nixon race, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72, Hunter S. Thompson wrote that the 1972 Democratic Convention in Miami was “shaping up very fast these days as one of the most brutal and degrading animal acts of our time...
...FRONTIER It wasn't just the 5 o'clock shadow that hurt Richard Nixon on TV. His retreating hair didn't stand a chance against John F. Kennedy's youthful mane...
...George W. Bush inherited a global brand name that gave him a running start. The smiley kid from up-country Carolina has come further faster than anyone since Richard Nixon moved from a seat in Congress to the vice presidency in six short years. So how did Edwards...
...watershed event that demonstrates whether the empire of poli-tainment can have decisive influence on a presidential campaign. If it does, we may come to look back on its hugely successful first week the way we now think of the televised presidential debate between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, as a moment when we grasped for the first time the potential of a mass medium--in this case, movies--to affect American politics in new ways. If that's the case, expect the next generation of campaign strategists to precede every major election not only with the traditional...
...Review in 1970 to head what would become the Knapp Commission. The report by Knapp's 30member team led to the establishment of an undercover anticorruption unit in the police department--and a featured part for the commission in the popular 1973 film Serpico. After the inquiry, President Nixon appointed Knapp to the federal bench, where he served until his death...