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THIS BOOK is in part the story of that man, Lyndon Baines Johnson. He is not yet the thirty-sixth President of the United States, but a senator—at the beginning of the book, in 1949, the newly elected junior senator from Texas; then the Democratic Party’s Assistant Leader, then its Leader, and finally, in 1955, when the Democrats became the majorit
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
He was an old-school fiscal Republican until the advent of cable news. Now he believes whatever Bill O’Reilly tells him to, though he gets a bit confused as to why.
David Sedaris • A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
he helped start a research group called MIDAS, which stood for Mining Data at Stanford.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Andrea Toma-celli, who had used Boldrino to help him restore order in the Papal States, decided that he would anticipate Boldrino’s next desertion and win popularity with the local inhabitants by having him murdered at a dinner party in Macerata. Bold-rino’s company is said to have carried the body of their murdered leader with them for two years a
... See moreMichael Mallett • Mercenaries and their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy
White House jobs are often filled by those who worked on the campaign; it is not necessarily who is best qualified.
David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
Hill genuinely cared about quality rail service and about public opinion.