And I say that as somebody who covered him as much as somebody who is speaking for the White House.
We will ask ourselves in 3 years why so many people treated him deferentially in 2011, such as interviewing him as an expert on global tax policy on 60 Minutes recently.
As the Yediot headline indicated, the media portrayed him as an unstable messianic, or they castigated him as an extremist and marginal force in the US. Haaretz and Globes both ran articles attacking Beck as an anti-Semite.
As Mr. Theroux eventually unnecessarily and endearingly explains, his book is as much about him as it is about Estonia.
It was also important for European leaders like Brown to receive him as they may have to deal with him as a President in the future, Oakley said.
Habibie still feels a deep debt to his ex-boss and patron, though he acknowledges privately that Suharto chose him as his vice president because he perceived him as weak and therefore unlikely to ever succeed him.
At its best, biography entails a tripartite view of its subject: as the world sees him, as his family and friends see him, and, perhaps most important, as he sees himself.
The Bush administration would like to give Mr Uribe as much help as it can, regarding him as someone who means business, unlike his two weak predecessors, Ernesto Samper and Andres Pastrana.
And such a man would not be surprised to find that people who once hailed him as the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln are now dismissing him as the second coming of Jimmy Carter.
Out of power, Mubarak entered a world as foreign to him as another planet.
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"In some ways I would say she is as close to him as his children" said one.
Today's hi-tech industry owes as much to him as it does to an LS Lowry scarred landscape.
Jovan Belcher was clearly part of an NFL family as real to him as his biological family.
We were as happy for him as can be, and it's tough to see him go down like this.
It was as important to him as it was to them to underscore the horror and futility of it.
Before an election, who Mr Cameron is may yet be as awkward for him as anything he has to say.
Despite his wealth and liquidity, one wonders whether the IPO is as disappointing to him as it is to investors.
Branson insists environmental issues are just as important to him as any financial concerns and called for the sport to clean up its act.
It is recorded here by a descendant of Hanwell Snr of whom he could have had no notion, being as unreal to him as broadband or goblins.
Although Nelson lost the fight in the 15th round, his impressive performance against a formidable opponent such as Sanchez established him as a top talent in the international boxing scene.
He recently tweeted the song list for the new CD, an act he admits was as much for him as for his fans: "It forces me to get it done, " he said with a laugh.
As a leader in the Continental Army who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with men from Europe and America alike, Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski battled to extend the principles that were as dear to him as they are to us -- liberty, equality, and justice for all.
He may have won the election, but a lot of people in the region saw him as the underdog, and a lot of people see him as a catalyst for a different kind of debate that Americans - which people in the region feel that Americans are ready for now when it comes to issues like foreign policy.
As early as 2000 Steve Chang suggested Chen succeed him as CEO, as he sought to split that and his role as chairman.
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"I have seen him as a great hero in military uniform and I have seen him as a great hero in peace, " said former President Jimmy Carter.
While Mr. Weinberger's contributions to promoting freedom, democracy, economic opportunity and American strength certainly qualify him as a most distinguished citizen-patriot, history probably will regard him as something more -- a Winston Churchill for his time.
But sitting here beside this girl as unknown to him now as outer space, waiting for whatever she might say to unfreeze him, now he felt like he could see the edge or outline of what a real vision of Hell might be.
At least I am aware now and I know the signs, so if it happened again I'd be able to help him as much as I can - and just be there for him.
Owen admitted United's approach came as much as a shock to him as it did the rest of football.
And after a 10% March to June correction this year, the market continued to rally strongly off the June low even as the polls showed him as likely to win re-election.
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