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November 19, 1960

The New Yorker cover for November 19, 1960

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letter from washington

John F. Kennedy’s Ambiguous Victory

Richard H. Rovere

Richard H. Rovere on Senator John F. Kennedy’s slim-margin victory, over Vice-President Richard Nixon, in the 1960 Presidential election.

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