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Excerpt: “Finally, it has been demonstrated that the change to television has had profound and lasting effects on the nature of Presidential leadership [...] and that the inherent bias of the new medium toward the President has caused a change in the public perception of the national government system, and that given time the change in perception could possibly work towards a change in the reality. A key factor in this trend is the increasing importance of the President’s personality. Because of this, it is possible to speculate that a ‘role requirement?...
Amanpour noted, however, that she is often troubled by the lack of substantive discussion in public discourse...
...believe so deeply in the promise of America and Americans that it does frustrate me to see the limited discussion of important issues in public spaces,” she said. “And yet as I travel all over the world, people know everything about you and everything about your country...
...came from totally different backgrounds; I came from a nonaffiliated Jewish family in the suburbs,” said Charles, referring to his New York City roots. His family moved to Scarsdale, N.Y. when he was nine, and he had attended a public high school there. He applied to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton before settling on Harvard because it suited him the best...
...remarks to alumni minutes before Souter’s speech, University President Drew G. Faust praised the justice’s dedication to public service...