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America has experienced such a consensus election at least once before; it is noted by historian Peter Wood of Duke University. In 1820 James Monroe beat John Quincy Adams so badly that Adams received but one electoral vote out of the 232 cast. Then, as now, voter turnout was low. Then, as now, the country was prosperous and at peace. The winner was an incumbent Southerner who represented the slightly more popular and liberal of the two parties, used his first term to defuse social and regional antagonisms and supported banks and business in a way that made it impossible...
...sophomore's room in Apley Court, the wood floor was covered with a layer of gray grime that would take hours worth of elbow grease to lift...
...with a reduced cash flow by giving up his Fifth Avenue apartment to live full time in Bridgehampton. He must also cope with his daughter Charlotte, a public relations executive who dissembles for tobacco companies and is engaged to Jon Riker, Schmidt's former protege at the firm of Wood & King...
During World War II, a factory churned out acetate, vital to weapons production, and wood alcohol. "We always had chicken pies out on the Fourth of July," Rosenstraus says, but the tradition "stopped because people...
Tweeter Etc. will also be given a slight architectural facelift by restoring the original wood siding and dropping the first floor by about three feet in order to better link it to the new building behind...