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Article: THE MANY FACES OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT.(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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"Roosevelt, who preached and practiced the `strenuous life,' was admired and is remembered not only for his achievements as a statesman, but for being a heroic human being."
ONE COULD ARGUE that Theodore Roosevelt basically invented, or at least drew up the blueprints for, what came to be called the American Century. From 1901 to 1909, Roosevelt, the youngest president in history, brought the Federal government into the marketplace and the workplace, fathered conservation and a modern navy, built the Panama Canal, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and preached from the "bully pulpit" of the presidency the doctrines of the "square deal" in domestic policy and "speak ...