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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fueled rumors of a 2016 presidential run again, when she confirmed her post-office plans include sleep — and writing a book.
President George H.W. Bush had a problem so important that he sent a memo to White House staff asking them to take a pledge. His dog, Ranger, was packing on the pounds.
Johnny Depp is bringing a dash of cool to the book world.
Johnny Depp is bringing a dash of cool to the book world.
How cool is this: Johnny Depp is going to help run a publishing imprint.
Neil Armstrong made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon.
Neil Armstrong made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon.
When man first harnessed fire, no one recorded it. When the Wright Brothers showed man could fly, only a handful of people witnessed it. But when Neil Armstrong took that first small step on the moon in July 1969, an entire globe watched in grainy black-and-white from a quarter-million miles away.
When man first harnessed fire, no one recorded it. When the Wright Brothers showed man could fly, only a handful of people witnessed it. But when Neil Armstrong took that first small step on the moon in July 1969, an entire globe watched in grainy black-and-white from a quarter million miles away
Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million miles away, but credited others for the feat, died Saturday. He was 82.
Neil Armstrong made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon.
By the time he left office, President Reagan had accomplished two of the three major goals he had set for himself. The first was getting the economy back on track and expanding it using primarily growth-oriented tax policies. Second was a strategy to steadily push the Soviet Union to the brink of bankruptcy in an arms race until Mikhail Gorbachev cried "uncle" and ended the Cold War.
The good news is that myths abound about Ronald Reagan, just as they do about other great Americans. If no one cared about Reagan or his legacy, no one would try to glom onto them or reinvent them. Then he would be consigned to the dustbin of history. After all, who makes up folklore about Franklin Pierce?
Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author.
Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-selling author.
"So many Americans have dogs and cats and it makes us feel like the first family is one of us," Brinkley said.
Mr. Brinkley, who recently wrote a cover story on Mr. Dylan for Rolling Stone, said he and Mr. Depp thought the Dylan book was "the ideal way" to inaugurate the Infinitum Nihil series.
