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- 71: Nixon vs. Kennedy Election 1960
- Nixon vs. Kennedy Election 1960 Richard Milhouse Nixon lost the election of 1960 by a slim margin of only 113,057 votes. This can be attributed to unforeseen circumstances and poor campaign planning. The election wasn't based on the issues that year, America was after style and charisma. Since most of the election coverage was on TV, Kennedy was able to use his boyish good looks to his advantage. Nixon spent a critical part of his campaign in the hospital. That and his overbooked schedule caused him to appear tired and feeble to ... him to appear older than he really was and cost him votes from the TV. audience. Running for Vice President along with Nixon was Henery Cabot Lodge. Lodge was a politician fro Massachusetts who opposed John F. Kennedy in the 1952 Massachusetts senatorial election. John F. Kennedy, was a Democrat from the south. He came from a very wealthy family and in 1952 became a Massachusetts Senator. Kennedy was young, ...
- 72: Vietnam
- ... by the United States(which had been funding the war effort since the French conflict). McNamaras memoirs In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam describes his powerful position in the Cabinet under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. According to McNamara, the United States policy towards Southeast Asia was defined when President Eisenhower delivered his now famous, and "widely publized" 1956 speech. In which he declared Loas to be the ... his time at University of California in the Army ROTC program. Other than that McNamara had no political or public service record up to that point. In a meeting in early December 1960 President elect John F. Kennedy at his home in Georgetown, Whasington D.C. asked Robert McNamara to serve in his cabinet as Secretary of Defense. McNamara describes himself to be at least timid to accept such an important role ...
- 73: A New Generation
- A New Generation John F. Kennedy and a New Generation, by David Burner, discuss his presidency with regards to his youth, style and courage, as opposed to his actual achievements. Many people feel that Kennedy's term was full if image boosting events and lacked substance and outstanding accomplishments. Kennedy appealed to the public with his style and looks. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, appealed to certain groups which formed ...
- 74: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- ... President Lincoln did not feel that anyone would ever want to kill him. Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. He was going to see a play at Ford's Theatre. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth had been planning this conspiracy for a long time. This assassination was one of many attempted ones by Booth and his fellow conspirators. Booth had carved a hole in Lincoln's box ... article is a summary of the events leading up to, the assassination, and the events after Abraham Lincoln's death. He was killed April 15, 1865. His assassin was a man by the name of John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was planing to attend a play at Ford's Theatre that night. Booth shot him that night. Booth shot Lincoln with a small pistol known as a derringer. Booth managed to escape ... the morning after he was shot. His body was sent to Springfield, Illinois for burial. 3. Peterson, Roger S. Declassified, American History, July/August 1996, pp. 22-26. This article summarizes the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963. Also discussed is the investigation that followed. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, an ex-Marine. Kennedy was in a convertible, being driven ...
- 75: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... Pluto, as it came to be known as, has its origins in the last dying days of the Eisenhower administration and that murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president John F. Kennedy. The origins of American policy in Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s has its origins in American's economic interests and its anticommunist policies in the region. The same man who had ... Cubans. So the larger group was formed and established at La finca, in Guatemala, and there the training was conducted entirely by Americans . . . . It was now fall and a new president had been elected. President Kennedy could have stopped the invasion if he wanted to, but he probably didn't do so for several reasons. Firstly, he had campaigned for some form of action against Cuba and it was also ...
- 76: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... Pluto, as it came to be known as, has its origins in the last dying days of the Eisenhower administration and that murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president John F. Kennedy. The origins of American policy in Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s has its origins in American's economic interests and its anticommunist policies in the region. The same man who had ... Cubans. So the larger group was formed and established at La finca, in Guatemala, and there the training was conducted entirely by Americans . . . . It was now fall and a new president had been elected. President Kennedy could have stopped the invasion if he wanted to, but he probably didn't do so for several reasons. Firstly, he had campaigned for some form of action against Cuba and it was also ...
- 77: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... Pluto, as it came to be known as, has its origins in the last dying days of the Eisenhower administration and that murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president John F. Kennedy. The origins of American policy in Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s has its origins in American's economic interests and its anticommunist policies in the region. The same man who had ... Cubans. So the larger group was formed and established at La finca, in Guatemala, and there the training was conducted entirely by Americans . . . . It was now fall and a new president had been elected. President Kennedy could have stopped the invasion if he wanted to, but he probably didn't do so for several reasons. Firstly, he had campaigned for some form of action against Cuba and it was also ...
- 78: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... Pluto, as it came to be known as, has its origins in the last dying days of the Eisenhower administration and that murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president John F. Kennedy. The origins of American policy in Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s has its origins in American's economic interests and its anticommunist policies in the region. The same man who had ... Cubans. So the larger group was formed and established at La finca, in Guatemala, and there the training was conducted entirely by Americans . . . . It was now fall and a new president had been elected. President Kennedy could have stopped the invasion if he wanted to, but he probably didn't do so for several reasons. Firstly, he had campaigned for some form of action against Cuba and it was also ...
- 79: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... Pluto, as it came to be known as, has its origins in the last dying days of the Eisenhower administration and that murky time period during the transition of power to the newly elected president John F. Kennedy. The origins of American policy in Latin America in the late 1950s and early 1960s has its origins in American's economic interests and its anticommunist policies in the region. The same man who had ... Cubans. So the larger group was formed and established at La finca, in Guatemala, and there the training was conducted entirely by Americans . . . . It was now fall and a new president had been elected. President Kennedy could have stopped the invasion if he wanted to, but he probably didn't do so for several reasons. Firstly, he had campaigned for some form of action against Cuba and it was also ...
- 80: Saint John of the Cross
- Saint John of the Cross "I abandoned and forgot myself, laying my face on my Beloved; all things ceased; I went out from myself, leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies." John of the Cross is one of the acknowledged masters of mystical theology. It is thought among present day theologians that there is no other writer who has had a greater influence on Catholic spirituality than John of the Cross. He is a canonized saint of the Catholic Church and was made a Doctor of the Church because of his extreme influence on present day doctrine. His dedication as a leader ...
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