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...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...I didn’t respect my father either.”...
...“Don’t forget: Morgenthau lost his share of difficult cases.”...
...And sure enough, many commentators remarked on how restrained Trump had been since Bush Sr’s death was announced. He didn’t tweet anything ugly about the Bushes....
...But in 1979, at the age of 50, Bonham Carter Sr was diagnosed with a brain tumour; an operation to remove it left him paralysed from the neck down. “It was a devastating setback,” Edward recalls....
...But Mr Huntsman could give no guarantee he wouldn’t repeat offend. Which leaves Mr Kerry. His nomination would tell us three things....
...George Bush Sr vowed in 1988 never to raise taxes and was punished for breaking it. Every Republican since has learnt that lesson. Doing the right thing is no defence....
The do-gooding naifs who wander on to America’s political stage occasionally alter the script
...Edward Luce is the FT’s chief US commentator and author of ‘Time To Start Thinking: America and the Spectre of Decline’ (Little, Brown)...
...“I don’t know the answer to that. I really don’t know.” Brzezinski quotes a senior Chinese official who reportedly said of America: “Please don’t decline too quickly”....
...Imagine Jimmy Carter writing a screed on how to govern America halfway through Clinton’s presidency – or better still, a public missive from Bush Sr to Bush Jr....
...Edward Luce is the FT’s Washington bureau chief ……………………………….....
...Edward Stourton is a presenter on Radio 4’s ‘Today’. His new book, ‘It’s a PC World’, is published by Hodder & Stoughton on November 13, £14.99....
...“I can’t tell you how frustrated John has been – to the point of self-destruction – by facing off against someone that he doesn’t respect,” says a close friend who chatted frequently with the defeated Republican...
...Of course, it doesn’t work for all artists....
...Kerry didn’t have a “Bentsen moment” and Bush didn’t blow it....
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