Even Mr Clinton is helping to design a curriculum for students who will attend his planned Clinton School of Public Service at the future Clinton presidential library in Little Rock, starting in the autumn of 2004.

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Many will be looking closely at his writings in the Public Library of US Diplomacy - and what they find may influence how he is portrayed in the future.

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It said the hub had the potential to provide a "sustainable future" for the museum and library in Brecon.

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Even while the library represents an enormous investment in careful archiving of print books, it also includes a nod to the paperless future: a well-outfitted preservation and digitization laboratory that librarians will use to scan in books, maps, manuscripts and photographs.

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In short, Americans see Mrs Clinton for what she is: a laser-brained careerist, who met her future husband in the Yale law library and has propelled him, not always scrupulously, to the White House.

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Based on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in the US, it aims to promote Lady Thatcher's political philosophy and shape future Conservative politics.

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