Word: roosevelts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American voters, a sense that they are groping into difficult political and moral territory, often well in advance of both the politicians and media. The usual American political apparatus seemed to be malfunctioning, defective -- incapable of bringing along plausible leaders, Presidents, as it once did. The party of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy was fielding another B-team. So it seemed to many voters, who also thought that the Republicans had a President -- and Vice President -- of unusual weightlessness...
...Indy as he travels the world with his father, a college professor, and encounters some of the most famous people and events of the early 20th century. Indy serves as a courier at the Battle of Verdun, meets the young Picasso in Paris, goes big-game hunting with Teddy Roosevelt, matches wits with Sigmund Freud and even has a hot romance with Mata Hari. There are thrills and chills, but also -- here's where the derring-do comes in -- a dose of history, philosophy and social commentary. As young Indy might put it, "Holy smokes...
Wylie was met by his girlfriend, Kristin L. Brunner '94, and close friend David A. Roosevelt '93. Bronze medal winner Nancy Kerrigan, of Stoneham, Mass., returned on the same flight...
Franklin D. Roosevelt And Working Class America--by Ronald Edsforth, visiting scholar, History Dept., MIT. Sever Hall, room...
...Japan have a long, fractious history of disputes over immigration, investment and trade. President Theodore Roosevelt had a few brushes with the Japanese at the beginning of the century. He struck an intelligent note: "I am exceedingly anxious to impress upon the Japanese that I have nothing but the friendliest possible intentions toward them, but I am nonetheless anxious that they should realize that I am not afraid of them and that the U.S. will no more submit to bullying than it will bully." Japanese- American dealings are often distorted by cultural misperceptions -- and the Japanese know how to maneuver...