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What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage.
Fernando Alonso, Celebrity (1981) |
Theda Bara, Actress (1885) |
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist (1929) |
Simon Dach, Poet (1605) |
Leslie Easterbrook, Actress (1949) |
Marlen Esparza, Athlete (1989) |
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat (1905) |
Peter Jennings, Journalist (1938) |
Eyvind Johnson, Author (1900) |
Geddy Lee, Musician (1953) |
John Barbirolli, Musician (1970) |
Cass Elliot, Musician (1974) |
Ronald Fisher, Mathematician (1962) |
Nafisa Joseph, Model (2004) |
Erich Kastner, Author (1974) |
Richard Kerry, Diplomat (2000) |