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The Idea Of American Exceptionalism Doesn't Extend To Americans Being Exceptional.

Since Hillary Clinton Is The First Time We've Had A Woman Who Was A Serious Contender For President, It's Been An Adjustment To Watch Her More Changeable Looks, And To See The Lengths She Goes To Get The Right Lighting And To Make The Right Wardrobe Choices. Her Campaign Is Devising Strategies To Humanize Her And Make Her Seem More Warm And Maternal.

It Is Men's Worst Fear, Personally And Professionally, That Women Will Pin The Sin On Them.

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We Are Riveted By The Soap Operas Of Public Lives. We Admire The Famous Most For What Makes Them Infamous: It Reassures Us That They Are Not Better And No Happier Than All The People With Their Noses Pressed Hard Against The Glass.