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...Clinton will be the third youngest President in history, out-youthed only by Kennedy and Theodore Roosevelt. For 40 years, World War II was a dominant life experience for eight Presidents in a row. All of them served in uniform -- even Ronald Reagan, who sometimes also projected the fantasy that he had seen the horrors of combat. Clinton was not born until a year after Japan surrendered. "World War II is as far away from Bill Clinton's generation as World War I was for George Bush's generation," observes Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University. "What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby-boomer Bill Clinton: A Generation Takes Power | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

Litwack also presented slides of Beals' extensive portrait portfolio, which included photographs of Mark Twain, journalist Ida Tarbell, and Presidents Calvin Coolidge, William Taft, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Author: By David B. Lat, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Photojournalist Beals Celebrated at Kronkite | 11/13/1992 | See Source »

...physical energy, voracious hunger" presented by Clinton during the campaign reminded presidential biographer Doris K. Goodwin of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Historians Analyze Clinton | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

...Roosevelt possessed a similar rapport with the American public, said Goodwin. His manner benefitted him politically, but also reflected a general reluctance to disappoint anyone, said Goodwin, who is currently working on a biography of the former president...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Historians Analyze Clinton | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

Many political observers expect the Clinton administration to resemble that of the young, charismatic John F. Kennedy '40. However, despite his many progressive proposals, Kennedy did not consistently follow through with decisive action. Instead, Clinton should aspire to be more like another Harvard graduate, the action-oriented Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Change Into Work Clothes | 11/11/1992 | See Source »

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