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keithmalek
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keithmalek

In the news business, being first with clearly written copy is better than being garbled and last.

keithmalek You think? 2d
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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot | Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️ I wouldn‘t necessarily call it an “attempt”so much as a plan that was, thankfully, foiled. I will say with all the Kennedy books I read last year, I don‘t recall this piece of his story which happened after the election, but prior to inauguration. This would‘ve been better without the rudimentary recap of his life before and after it, but I guess they needed word count. This wasn‘t great.

MallenNC I only know about this bc I read a book about What Ifs of history and one chapter was about what would have happened if that attempt had succeeded. 4mo
britt_brooke @MallenNC One chapter is all it needed here, too. 😂 But to consider what-ifs is interesting! I recently read a JFK Jr oral history and it posed the question of what if he hadn‘t died so young? Would he have been a presidential candidate in 2016? 4mo
MallenNC @britt_brooke I love those kinds of what ifs. I think JFK Jr going into politics is something a lot of people romanticize now. I‘m not sure he would have but I have read that he was moving more in that direction. 4mo
britt_brooke @MallenNC I agree, totally. 4mo
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starlight97
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How interesting that in Hungarian we actually call it röntgen instead of X-ray. It's like for blood pressure we use the abbreviation RR after Riva-Rocci (easy to confuse with respiratory rate if your brain is half English 😄)
#medical

julesG We call it R/röntgen in German too. 4mo
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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot | Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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Awesome book about the life of one of Americas most iconic presidents! Enjoyed the dives into JFKs life history and personal life, and the unbiased history of the assassination itself. Highly recommend!

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sdbruening
Profiles in Courage | John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Pickpick

It‘s not a book I would have picked up on my own, but I really enjoyed it, so thanks, Dad ❤️ It was impressively written by JFK but not about himself. Each chapter is a vignette of a courageous point of a Senator‘s career where he followed his own conscience despite his party or constituents or everyone disagreeing with him. Doing what you feel is the right thing doesn‘t win popularity contests.

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Profiles in Courage | John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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🇺🇸❤️

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ Read this to round out my Kennedy deep dive. It was, of course, super interesting at times, but insanely long for a book covering a six day period. I slogged through.

kspenmoll History channel has a Kennedy documentary we have been watching. 9mo
britt_brooke @kspenmoll I may have to check that out - thanks! 9mo
dabbe In your deep drive, did you have a favorite? 🤩 9mo
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britt_brooke @dabbe A tie between Ask Not and Jackie! 😄 9mo
dabbe @britt_brooke I think a deep dive awaits me, too. I have always been fascinated with the Kennedys--even going to Hyannis Port just to see their compound from a distance. Thanks for the recs! #stacked 🖤🩶🖤 9mo
britt_brooke @dabbe They‘re a fascinating lot! 9mo
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