Author: Michael S. Rosenwald

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A psychiatrist once married to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Dr. Shaffer studied suicide like a detective, conducting interviews with family members.

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The son of sharecroppers, Mr. Bowman ran away from home at age 13, swept the Capitol steps and then became the longest-serving African-American congressional staff member in history.

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Kevin Phillips’s 1969 book “The Emerging Republican Majority” was viewed by some in the GOP as the blueprint to winning over Southern voters.

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PowerPoint was the overhead projector’s digital successor. It became one of the most ubiquitous and scorned programs of modern office life.

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He wrote a best-selling book about political patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy, wrote speeches for presidential candidate Richard Nixon and advised President Ronald Reagan.

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Dr. Frankfurt’s bestselling book, with a title referencing a form of deceit that employs a word bleeped out during his many TV interviews, earned him literary fame.

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His 1988 report calling for the ban of punch-card ballots was little-read. Then chaos ensued during the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida.

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His clients included foreign governments, companies in trouble and high-profile personalities whose reputations are threatened by lawsuits.

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After winning two gold medals, the ordained minister became the first athlete to appear on a Wheaties box front.