Obama is - I think the best way to summarize Obama's presidential campaign is that it's a brilliant work of performance art, and he learned that from both Douglass, especially, but to a lesser degree Lincoln.

NPR: Lincoln and Douglass Shared Uncommon Bond

The best way to summarize Frederick Douglass is that he devoted his career to ending slavery everywhere and achieving racial equality.

NPR: Lincoln and Douglass Shared Uncommon Bond

Perhaps the best way to summarize pay secrecy is to say that it has become an old-fashioned, obsolete management practice that has a much larger downside than upside.

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The legacy that Ronald Reagan and Bill Casey left us is very easy to summarize, but as we look around us today, sadly, it is very easy to ignore.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Steve Forbes at the inauguration of the Casey Institute

So to be clear, to summarize here, this is the one big idea that Mitt Romney has put out there, which is his tax plan.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The Syrian National Council, an opposition coalition that includes many exiles, is set to make a presentation at the Istanbul meeting to summarize its efforts to unite the opposition.

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