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...appointed the first African-American judge to the court of appeals and signed into law the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. But he also accepted an honorary degree in 1999 from Bob Jones University, which until recently forbade interracial dating, and defended Confederate leaders as "patriots" in Southern Partisan magazine, a pro-Confederacy publication that he praised for helping "set the record straight...
TIME chose a man who has not yet had an opportunity to have a significant impact on events. He is important because he was selected to be President by a partisan court, not by the people. DANIEL R. KUEHN Arden Hills, Minn...
...unaided step after his polio attack in 1921, directed the war against the Great Depression and the Axis powers from a wheelchair, but most were not aware of his disability: he obscured it, fearful of electoral disapproval. Only two photographs of him in a wheelchair exist. Red tape and partisan wrangling stymied the memorial until five years ago, but then the arguments within the Roosevelt family and Congress stopped depiction of F.D.R. openly seated in his wheelchair. The National Organization on Disability declared war, pleading that Roosevelt be honestly and proudly shown. With the support of former PRESIDENTS FORD, CARTER...
Presidential inaugurations, like high school proms, boast evocative themes, a tradition dating back to Eisenhower's 1953 "Crusade in America." George W. Bush has selected "Celebrating America's Spirit Together" for his Jan. 20 blowout. How likely is it that partisan foes will join forces over the next four years? Here, a look at how some other terms lived up to their Inaugural promise...
...This won't have a souring effect, because Chavez has pulled out before hostile hearings and a spectacle on Capitol Hill that would cause partisan bitterness afterward. What will affect relations on the Hill will be how the Ashcroft hearings are handled...