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During the half-century of its existence, Israel has absorbed approximately 2.5 million Jewish immigrants, displaced persons, refugees, and survivors of the Nazi Holocaust.
May the next half-century speak better of us.
In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post said China has changed beyond recognition over the past half-century: "A backward and semi-feudal nation has been transformed into the world's fastest-growing economy, and is well on the way to achieving superpower status."
Chambers, in other words, is one of the most controversial Americans of the last half-century, his life a story rife with histrionic tableaux, profound ideological warfare, and high-level scandal.
A half-century ago, a president could drive through city streets in a normal car with a few bodyguards, and anyone could stroll up to the front door of the White House.