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Before the curtain falls on his presidency, George W. Bush has something to say. This White House report attempts the Sisyphean task of commemorating the legacy of an Administration with an approval rating in the 20s. To push the boulder up the hill, the report unspools a highlight reel of the Administration's accomplishments, from No Child Left Behind to the dissemination of $16 billion in food aid to blighted countries. Framing the text are stats-laden "Did You Know?" boxes, snapshots of the President looking presidential (glad-handing seniors, holding babies, hammering nails) and inspiring section headers describing Bush...
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Highlight Reel: 1. On how the upheaval and idealism of the 1960s inspired the show's socially conscious team of creators: "They came together at a star-crossed moment in American life when people of means who lived in comfort chose to dedicate their energies to the less fortunate and the forgotten, the rural poor and the underprivileged of the urban ghettos. Sesame succeeded beyond their wildest imaginings and, in doing so, changed the world, one child at a time...