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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 27 Sep 2016

    Eleanor Roosevelt's 1959 telegram to JFK ("my dear boy") after he complained about her public criticism:pic.twitter.com/uOP4huo03d

    11:56 AM - 27 Sep 2016
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      2. Mark Andrew‏ @MaxFactor1965 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        She had a lifetime of adversity? Wasn't she born to a rich family?

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      3. Michael Skotnicki‏ @MSkotnicki 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @MaxFactor1965 @BeschlossDC

        ER's father was alcoholic, mother suffered depression & died when she was 8. Raised by GM who didn't want her.

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
      4. Mark Andrew‏ @MaxFactor1965 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @MSkotnicki @BeschlossDC

        I didn't know that. Thank you for the information. That would constitute a tough life.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Michael Skotnicki‏ @MSkotnicki 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @MaxFactor1965 @BeschlossDC

        she had to take care of FDR once he had polio, rehab workouts with him daily, build his career, and raise kids.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      6. Donna Horwitz‏ @HorwitzDonna 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @MSkotnicki @MaxFactor1965 @BeschlossDC

        And don't forget she had to put up with his mother Sara.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. Dawna Wallis‏ @pasturprime 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @HorwitzDonna @MSkotnicki @BeschlossDC

        "Turn the other profile" - a pun on JFK's "Profiles in Courage"?

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      1. Paige Palmer‏ @April14th1865 28 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        At first, Eleanor Roosevelt did not approve of JFK, feeling him too young. But after meeting him, she quickly changed her mind.pic.twitter.com/1qFC0l9pO6

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      1. gamernorcal‏ @gamernorcal 27 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        who writes like this anymore?

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      1. LI Blockchain‏ @LiMystery 29 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @JeanetteJing

        Ahh...the old school version of twitter. Telegrams can't be too long.

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      1. paul kramarchyk‏ @paul_kramarchyk 27 Sep 2016
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        No amount of wealth gives one the civility and refinement that comes from enlightened aristocratic breeding. Esp. Edwardian.

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      1. Gil Cividanes‏ @GilCividanes 27 Sep 2016
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        Loved the way she started the letter.

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      1. 改善 ディエズ‏ @Deelzebubbb 27 Sep 2016
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        What a boss!

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      1. Matteo Persivale‏ @mpersivale 27 Sep 2016
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        then he wins and gives her boy Adlai the choice between no job or a job where Dean Rusk is his boss

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