In an excerpt from his latest book, Walter Cronkite offers insights and anecdotes about the presidents he covered
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Cronkite compares the personalities of the presidents he knew. He judged Jimmy Carter the smartest, citing his orderly mind, while Richard Nixon was noted for his diligence and complex personality. Ronald Reagan was affable, and loved a good story, while John F. Kennedy was the most charming.
Publication Name: New Choices: Living Even Better After 50
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 1085-1003
Year: 1997
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Prescience, in black and white
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Popular writer Ralph Ellison won the National Book Award in 1953 for a work entitled 'Invisible Man.' No work had been able to portray racial bias as vividly as this novel. Ellison died in 1994 at the age of 80.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1995
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A deaf-defying act
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Linda Dallos shares her happiness on being able to hear after nearly 40 years after she put Cochler implants. The implants can help the profoundly deaf achieve some hearing.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2004
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