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...true that in 1972, antiwar crusader George McGovern suffered one of the biggest political wallopings in American history, losing 49 states to Richard Nixon. Surely then, Democrats suffered for opposing Vietnam? Actually, no. People forget that in 1972 Nixon ran on a peace platform too. In his convention speech, he boasted that he had ended the draft, withdrawn American troops from ground combat, pursued a negotiated settlement with North Vietnam and reduced U.S. casualties 98%. The fall was marked by feverish diplomacy between Washington and Hanoi, culminating in Henry Kissinger's declaration, less than two weeks before the election, that...
Gates moved into Wigglesworth Hall A-11 in 1973. He preferred poker to problem sets, rarely attended class, ran into trouble with the Administrative Board, and dropped out in his sophomore year...
...reason I ran for mayor of New York is the same reason I'm running for President of the United States: because I believe I can change things," Giuliani tells TIME - big things like America's dependence on foreign oil, its troubled health care system and the federal spending spree. "I believe I can make government more like a business ... a problem solver rather than a problem creator...
...Clinton’s senior strategist, set off a debate when he pointed to a 2004 quote by Obama in which the then-state senator claimed he did not know how he would have voted on the war if he were in the U.S. Senate. Penn said the quote ran counter to Obama’s stated longtime opposition...
...ensuing search, HUPD officers and state troopers were unable to find the suspect, who ran across the Larz Anderson Bridge into Allston to escape...