His writing style was famed for its erudition, wit, and use of uncommon words. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episode of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. (Novem– February 27, 2008) was an American conservative author and commentator. He is the last president to have been a World War II veteran. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, and Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. In the wake of economic concerns, he lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton.īush is the father of George W.
Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and after a struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes that Congress had passed. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf at a time of world change the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. In 1988, Bush launched a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as president, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. During his tenure, Bush headed administration task forces on deregulation and fighting drug abuse. He ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in 1980, but was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be the vice presidential nominee the two were subsequently elected. He became involved in politics soon after founding his own oil company, serving as a member of the House of Representatives, among other positions. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40. He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at the age of 18, Bush postponed going to college and became the youngest aviator in the US Navy at the time. He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.īush was born in Massachusetts to Senator and New York Banker Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Spock also won an Olympic gold medal in rowing in 1924 while attending Yale University.įrom Wikipedia: George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993).
At the time his books were criticized by Vietnam War supporters for allegedly propagating permissiveness and an expectation of instant gratifications that led young people to join the these movements a charge Spock denied. In addition to his pediatric work, Spock was an activist in the New Left and anti Vietnam War movements during the 1960's and early 1970's.
His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals, whereas the previous conventional wisdom had been that child rearing should focus on building discipline, and that, e.g., babies should not be "spoiled" by picking them up when they cried. Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics. Its revolutionary message to mothers was that "you know more than you think you do." It often indicates a user profile.įrom Wikipedia: Benjamin McLane Spock (– March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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