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How did George Washington’s precedent of two 4-year terms become so strictly adopted but his warning about political parties was so quickly and now utterly forgotten?

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How did George Washington’s precedent of two 4-year terms become so strictly adopted but his warning about political parties was so quickly and now utterly forgotten?

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What is the history behind how the White House press corps came to be what it is today, and on what legal authority is it predicated, if any?

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Were the Japanese unable to surrender after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

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How did George Washington’s precedent of two 4-year terms become so strictly adopted but his warning about political parties was so quickly and now utterly forgotten?	438
How did George Washington’s precedent of two 4-year terms become so strictly adopted but his warning about political parties was so quickly and now utterly forgotten?	55
What is the history behind how the White House press corps came to be what it is today, and on what legal authority is it predicated, if any?	8
Were the Japanese unable to surrender after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?	3