The American PresidentsThis revised edition updates the 1989 edition with new photographs and textual sidebars. It details the Declaration of Independence, the Monroe Doctrine, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and also includes a glossary of political terms, programmes and campaign slogans and a timeline of events. |
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... major problem of his brief tenure , was entrusted to the hands of Secretary of State Daniel Webster . On a cold March morning , the president ventured out to purchase vegetables for the White House . He suffered a chill , which ag ...
... major problem of his brief tenure , was entrusted to the hands of Secretary of State Daniel Webster . On a cold March morning , the president ventured out to purchase vegetables for the White House . He suffered a chill , which ag ...
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... major posting during this period was as a member of the American Battle Monu- ments Commission from 1927 to 1929 , hardly a choice assignment for an ambitious officer . Furthermore , having reached the age of forty in 1930 , he still ...
... major posting during this period was as a member of the American Battle Monu- ments Commission from 1927 to 1929 , hardly a choice assignment for an ambitious officer . Furthermore , having reached the age of forty in 1930 , he still ...
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... major areas : energy ( spe- cifically oil prices ) , the environment , occupa- tional health and safety , and consumer pro- duction safety . In each instance , especially with respect to environmental legislation , Nixon tried to ...
... major areas : energy ( spe- cifically oil prices ) , the environment , occupa- tional health and safety , and consumer pro- duction safety . In each instance , especially with respect to environmental legislation , Nixon tried to ...
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George Washington | 18 |
John Adams | 47 |
Thomas Jefferson | 62 |
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