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Camp David (5)
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God (31, 60)
John F. Kennedy (38)
Robert Kennedy (38)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (38)
Watergate Scandal (38)
World War II (47)

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Hendrik Hertzberg, A Very Merry Malaise

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Ronald Reagan, Election Eve Address—A Vision for America

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