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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Larry Flynt, Ahmed Yassin, List of people with paraplegia, Nidal Malik Hasan, George Wallace, Charles Krauthammer, Robert Wyatt, Wayne Rainey, Wolfgang Schauble, Gregorio Perfecto, Rick Hansen, James Langevin, John Hockenberry, Georges Couthon, Boris Kustodiev, Phil Packer, John H. Hager, Takuma Aoki, Frank Gardner, Daryl Mitchell, James Brady, Susan Peters, Doug Henry, Mitch Longley, Ernesto Fonseca, Alana Nichols, Christiaan Bailey, David Bailey, John Porter East, Deng Pufang, Herbert Vianna, Chuck Graham, Christie Dawes, Bootie Barker, W Mitchell, Danny Chandler, Javier Ovando, Mike Utley, Tony DiStefano, Allen Rucker, Edith Fisch, Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, Kerry McGregor, Junius Kellogg, Karl Kassulke, Moshe Matalon, Andre Malherbe, Scott Simon, Arthur W. Aleshire, Sharry Konopski, Mark Wellman, Claude Brunet, Pit Beirer, Marcelo Rubens Paiva. Excerpt: Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( -z -v lt or -z -v lt; January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945) also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he facilitated a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades. FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depth of the Great Depression. FDR's persistent optimism and activism contributed to a renewal of the national spirit. He worked closely with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies against Germany and Japan in World War II, but died just as victory was in sight. In his "first hundred days" in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profu...
