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“His mother wanted him to be President”

  • Apr 19, 2018
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Updated: Apr 25, 2018

While sitting in on one of Professor Lowi’s large lecture classes, he told the students that his mother wanted him to be President of the United States. However, he countered her and said that he would have much more influence as a Professor of American Government given the number of students that passed through those halls.


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