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THE GENIUS.

Authors :
Blumenthal, Sidney
Source :
New Republic. 7/29/91, Vol. 205 Issue 5, p15-19. 4p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :
1991

Abstract

Discusses the aspirations of John Sununu, the chief of staff of U.S. President George Bush. Sununu's attempt to transcend his background by seeking to be judged by his high intelligence quotient (IQ); Admiration for Sherman Adams, the chief of staff of Dwight Eisenhower; Ways in which Sununu's militant conservatism marked him off; Desire to be known as a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP); Failure of Sununu's high IQ to provide him with an insight powerful enough to restrain his social ambition.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
205
Issue :
5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
12030877