... boy's face at the window "the boy's hand on the hill" (778). On his last day as president, in his memorable farewell address to the White House staff, Richard Nixon offered a kind of apology to those whom he had not rendered the doubtful honor of a visit during their time in the West Wing. "I look around here, and I see so ... in this remark is the idea that it is the province of the President of the United States to run, not merely the nation, but the world as a whole. If Nixon had merely expressed his regret at not getting his staffers' advice on how to run the country, his awkward at...

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