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From
01/11/2008 13:27:43
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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01/11/2008 13:10:54
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Politics
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Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01358874
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>His vote was not guaranteed as the others in his party were. You may find this interesting (lower part of page):
>
>http://www.lewrockwell.com/jarvis/jarvis27.html
>and this:
>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401EED91630F934A25752C0A96F958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/J/Johnson,%20Andrew
>
>It is amazing to what lengths both sides went to in order to secure his vote on their side. That is why he is famous. His story is in the book "Profiles in Courage."

Thanks; from those articles, it is clear that he well deserved a special mention. The problem is that the textbook I quoted is very scant on details.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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