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(June 26, 1983), 229 West 43rd St., New The Oval Office? York, N.Y. 10036.
Debated the 1787 Constitutional Convention, endorsed by most 19th-century U.S. Presidents, denounced by Harry S Truman, the idea of a single six-year presidential term is once again gaining political ap- peal.
Wicker, a New York Timescolumnist, recalls that the last serious ef- fort to establish a six-year term came early in 1913, when the U.S. Sen- ate approved a...