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This portrait of the Democratic nominee for President who twice lost to Eisenhower traces Adali Stevenson’s career from Governor of Illinois to UN Ambassador. In the process, it illuminates a whole political era in post-World War II American history and explores themes that remain predominant in politics today: the American ambivalence toward intellectuals in politics, anti-liberalism, the electorate’s preoccupation with the personality of politicians, and the influence of television. The program is divided into two parts: the first, 1952, deals primarily with Stevenson’s nomination by the Democratic Party—one of the few genuine drafts in American political history; the second, Dura Est Ovicipitum Via (The Way of the Egghead Is Hard), examines Stevenson’s interest in the Third World and his quest for a resolution of Cold War tensions. (88 minutes, b&w/color)

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