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He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being alone, at the top but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President moves free of human entanglement, human needs, human illusions not even a President can be independent of those around him.

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Tom Wicker
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 18
Died: 2011
Died: November 25
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