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** FILE ** President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 1961. (Associated Press)
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The first televised presidential debate in history — between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy — shows the importance of stage presence. The candidates’ performance in this debate often is credited with helping lift Kennedy to victory. (Associated Press)
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The first televised presidential debate in history — between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy — shows the importance of stage presence. The candidates’ performance in this debate often is credited with helping lift Kennedy to victory. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by the University of Tampa shows a statue of John F. Kennedy in Plant Park on the UT campus in Tampa, Fla. Tampa also has a street named Kennedy Boulevard memorializing the president’s visit to Tampa four days before he was shot in 1963, and many Republicans will travel along the thoroughfare named for the Democrat as they go between their hotels and the site of the Republican National Convention, which begins Aug. 27. (AP Photo/University of Tampa)
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John F. Kennedy's radically altered appearance during the president's seven sittings posed a challenge to portrait painter Elaine de Kooning, who created 23 versions but was most pleased with an abstract expressionist work that captured his kinetic energy. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)
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In this Sept. 13, 1963 photo, former New York Times reporter Tom Wicker stands in front of the White House in Washington. Wicker, who covered President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for the Times, went on to serve as the paper's Washington bureau chief and columnist has died at his home in Rochester, Vt. He was 85. (AP Photo/The New York Times, George Tames
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Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy gave impassioned speeches in a style that seems to be missing in modern politics. (Associated Press)
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In this publicity image released by ReelzChannel, Greg Kinnear portrays John F. Kennedy in a scene from the eight-part movie, "The Kennedys," premiering Sunday, April 3, 2011 on cable's ReelzChannel network. (AP Photo/ReelzChannel)
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Greg Kinnear portrays President John F. Kennedy in "The Kennedys," originally intended for airing on the History Channel. (www.reelzchannel.com)
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** FILE ** This March 15, 1958, file photo shows then-Sen. John F. Kennedy, center, D-Mass., and his brothers Edward Kennedy, left, a student at the University of Virginia, and Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel to the Senate Rackets Committee, at the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)
