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Presidential role model
February 1, 2009

Samuel Habib, 9, wheels up to a statue of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during a visit to the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C. RooseveltÂ’s wheelchair had bicycle wheels in front and tricycle wheels in back. He tried to avoid being seen in his wheelchair in public. This depiction of him caused controversy when first unveiled.

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My son Samuel's closest friend is an 8-year-old boy named Jacob. Appropriately rambunctious, he's also quietly intelligent and curious - a child who asks a lot of questions. Jacob's father is African American and his mother Caucasian, so the election and inauguration of Barack Obama has given him a lot to ponder. He… 3

February 1, 2009
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