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Rolling Stone recently published a fascinating article about JFK and how he faced down the military brass during the Cuban Missile Crisis, thereby preventing all-out nuclear war. They make it sound as if he nearly lost control of the generals. Is that sensationalized or factual?

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What was the American public's opinion of American Telephone and Telegraph Company (Ma Bell) in the monopoly years of 1885-1982? Was the public ever outraged at how the government was regulating (or not regulating) telephone service?

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Rolling Stone recently published a fascinating article about JFK and how he faced down the military brass during the Cuban Missile Crisis, thereby preventing all-out nuclear war. They make it sound as if he nearly lost control of the generals. Is that sensationalized or factual?	835
What was the American public's opinion of American Telephone and Telegraph Company (Ma Bell) in the monopoly years of 1885-1982? Was the public ever outraged at how the government was regulating (or not regulating) telephone service?	72