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== Political Prophet ==
== Political Prophet ==
*stated in December 1967 concerning President [[Lyndon Johnson]] and ending the [[Vietnam War]]: "Johnson's political future depends on ending the war in some way." (p. 126) The following year Johnson was humiliated in his own presidential primary and withdrew from his reelection campaign, due to the ongoing issue of the war.
*stated in December 1967 concerning President [[Lyndon Johnson]] and ending the [[Vietnam War]]: "Johnson's political future depends on ending the war in some way." (p. 126) The following year Johnson was humiliated in his own presidential primary and withdrew from his reelection campaign, due to the ongoing issue of the war.
*decried our ([[United States]]') lack of an "anti-missile defense" system against a nuclear attack by a foreign country (p. 128), which we ultimately developed under the [[Reagan Administration]] in the mid-1980s.
*decried our ([[United States]]') lack of an "anti-missile defense" system against a nuclear attack by a foreign country (p. 128, also pp. 139-41 in reference to "[[Nike X]]"), which we ultimately developed under the [[Reagan Administration]] in the mid-1980s.
== Vocabulary ==
== Vocabulary ==