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Coolidge And His Treasury Secretary Mellon Loved New Technology. Like Jfk, C.c. Divined That A New Technology Could Lift The Nation Out Of Its Doldrums; The Only Difference Was That Jfk's New Technology Was Space Travel, And Coolidge's Travel By Airplane.

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Coolidge And His Treasury Secretary Mellon Loved

Amity Shlaes

Coolidge And His Treasury Secretary Mellon Loved New Technology. Like Jfk, C.c. Divined That A New Technology Could Lift The Nation Out Of Its Doldrums; The Only Difference Was That Jfk's New Technology Was Space Travel, And Coolidge's Travel By Airplane.

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