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1) Shining city
Author
Series
Peter Rena and Randi Brooks volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Peter Rena is a “fixer.” He and his partner, Randi Brooks, earn their living making the problems of the powerful disappear. They get their biggest job yet when the White House hires them to vet the president's nominee for the Supreme Court. Judge Roland Madison is a legal giant, but he's a political maverick, with views that might make the already tricky confirmation process even more difficult. Rena and his team go full-bore to cover every inch...
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
In his 1989 "Farewell Address to the Nation", President Ronald Reagan refers to the United States as a "shining city upon a hill", a phrase first used by John Winthrop in the 1630s to describe the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Reagan believed that during his eight years as president, he helped make the "city" a more secure place, with expanded opportunities for those within it. Reagan left office with a 50-percent approval rating - the highest of any...
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