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Every dude in your high school wasn't striving to be the best poet because then he'd get all the girls, right? But you could imagine a society in which that were the case.
'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party.
Marc Almond, Musician (1957) |
Barbara Cartland, Novelist (1901) |
Henry Hallam, Historian (1777) |
Tom Hanks, Actor (1956) |
King Hassan II, Royalty (1929) |
June Jordan, Writer (1936) |
Washington Allston, Artist (1843) |
Georges Bataille, Writer (1962) |
Benjamin Cardozo, Judge (1938) |
Loren Eiseley, Scientist (1977) |
James L. Farmer, Jr., Activist (1999) |