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    Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, was born January 9th, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. He completed his undergraduate studies at Whittier College and graduated from Duke University Law School in 1937. He then returned to California for practice law. In 1942, he and his wife Pat moved to Washington D.C. to work for the federal government. After a year, he was drafted in the U.S. Navy Reserve during World War 2. When he returned home, he was elected to the House of Representatives

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    Richard Nixon Vietnam War

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    Richard Nixon Rough Draft Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, and served from January 20, 1969 to midsummer 1973. He had four brothers. Harold was older than him, and the other three, Donald, Arthur, and Edward, were younger than him. Nixon and his wife, Thelma Catherine Nixon or “Pat”, had two girls. One was very introverted, while the other was very extroverted. He met his wife when he decided he wanted to try theatre and drama which was one of the many things Nixon tried

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    Richard Nixon Tarnished

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    Tarnished Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. Before he became president, he was elected Vice President . He was elected vice president in 1960 . His presidency term was from January 20, 1969 through August 9,1974. Richard Nixon had strong family support even though he was a doubtful and an indecisive President. Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913. He was born in Yorba Linda, California. His parents were Frank and Hannah Milhous Nixon (“Richard Nixon Biography”, 2016)

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    Richard Nixon was important because he was a dreamer. Also, he never gave on of being a president. Since he worked so hard he was one of the most active presidents of all time. That's why he is fascinated to me because he was one of the youngest presidents. He is important to me because I am a dreamer to. Did you know that Richard Nixon was born in January 9, 1913 . His parent was Frank and Hannah Nixon. He was the second of five children that his parents had. When Richard was twelve he had

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    The former 37th president of the united states Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California on Jan 9, 1913 the son of Francis Anthony Nixon and Hannah Nixon. Richard also had 4 brothers who were Harold, Donald, Arthur and Edward. Richards’s father had formerly lived in Ohio but has moved to California where he met his wife Hannah who was a Quaker. So Francis has given up his religion of Methodism to become a Quaker. Richards Parents worked on a ranch but were faced with tough financial circumstances

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    Many people think that all Nixon did in his presidency was the watergate scandal, but in reality he helped stop Americans fighting in the Vietnam War. When Richard Nixon started in Office he was faced with the difficult task of trying to pull all US troops out of Vietnam. He decided to use a tactic he created called Vietnamization. The simple plan was to strengthen South Vietnam so they could fight the war by themselves. The plan involved many small steps which helped finally end our involvement

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    1952 presidential election, vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon confronted a selective political persecution. He was targeted, possibly by those within his own party, by the drudging up and the exposing of a slush fund, in which Nixon used to pay for extra governmental expenses. Instead by heeding to the political pressure and removing himself from the ticket, like those who created the scandal would have wanted, Richard Nixon delivered an impeccable thirty-minute speech, in which he not only

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    Robot Capstone A major part of science this year was making robots. To start off, we were asked to fill out a paper that contained who we would like to work with, what we would like to make, and how we would do it. The class was then divided up into groups and collaborated on a project. My group (James Estep and Sidney Sampson) didn't have a preference, so we decided on a Wheel of Fortune themed robot. After we decided what we would create, we ran into a bit of difficulty. We wanted a lot of

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    Kennedy Nixon Analysis

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    radio listeners found Nixon as the winner of the debate. In November of 1960, Nixon lost the election to Kennedy by less than 120,000 votes. Wilderness Years Following the election, The Nixon’s left Washington and returned to Southern California. Nixon returned to practice law and wrote a bestselling book, Six Crises. Six crises provided information regarding Nixon’s political life as a senator, congressman and vice president. During this time republican leaders encouraged Nixon to run for governor

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    Richard Nixon Early Life

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    Richard Nixon grew up in Southern California. His family was very poor had a very difficult childhood life that included two of his brothers dying from illness. Richard was very smart and really wanted to go to college. He paid his way into Whittier College working nights at his father's store. He enjoyed debate, sports, and drama whilehe was in college. He also earned a full scholarship to attend Duke University Law School in North Carolina. After graduating from Duke, Richard Nixon moved back

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