In the closest Presidential election since John Kennedy edged out Richard Nixon in 1960, George Walker Bush beat Al Gore in a hotly disputed race where the winner was effectively decided by the Supreme Court. ... Al Gore had come across in the presidential debates, and on the campaign trail generally as something of a know-it-all. ... At the first presidential debate he appeared to be trying to put off his opponent by coughing, shuffling papers and interrupting. ...

• Word Count: 1971
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• Grade Level: High School

The media's role in political affairs is even more important: They obviously have the power to make a candidate likeable or repulsive. ... Furthermore, when 62 percent of the actual voters picked Republican President Nixon in 1972, 81 percent of the media elite still voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. ... Washington-based journalists In 1996, Washington-based correspondents were polled about the 1992 Presidential Elections and the result turned out to be quite astonishing. Out of 140 journalists, 126 voted for Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton with only abou...

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As the 2012 presidential elections come into sight, President Obama's decision to maintain an American role in NATO operations in Libya has widened the division between the Republicans and the Democrats. ... The administration replied that early in the conflict Obama possessed the power to initiate American participation in the hostilities without Congressional approval because the combat was of limited scope and duration (Steinhauer). ...

• Word Count: 1319
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In November, 2000, the presidential election between George W. ... The speech implied that his plan was that the outside world could be kept at arms length because his perspective was that American power was so great that it would need to be involved only on a limited basis with the international community. ...

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In 1994, the Export-Import Bank approved a three hundred and two million-dollar loan toward a three billion-dollar Enron controlled power plant in India. ... McLarty, then a presidential adviser, to monitor the proposal. ... "President Harding sent a presidential message to the Senate, asserting that the policy which has been adopted by the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior in dealing with these matters was submitted to him prior to the adoption thereof, and the policy decided upon and the subsequent acts have at all times had his entire approval- (Bennet) In 1924, Presid...

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• Grade Level: High School

Every four years the United States under goes a process that drips with just about every kind of manipulation possible, a presidential election. ... By showing Al Gore in Vice Presidential duties they are manipulating the trappings of established power, yet on an individual basis they are distancing them selves from the person that put him there. ...

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With the 2016 presidential election underway, new candidates are emerging and trying to make their mark on US citizens. ... According to New York Times, she said she would "fight" back against Republicans, "fight" climate change, "fight" to "strengthen America's families" and "fight" to "harness all of America's power....

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Clinton was the youngest governor of Arkansas and has been awarded with many different honors and still has misused his power. ... Who could blame them, but there is nothing better than a story out of the normal, especially one with presidential status. ...

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Assault rifles are high-powered guns that can eliminate many targets (even those at great distance) in seconds. ... He immediately took possession of the gun he used to shoot President Ronald Reagan and presidential press secretary James Brady. ...

• Word Count: 1876
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• Grade Level: High School