One of the most famous sentences in American history was inspired by a department store ad. Maybe. Or perhaps it was taken from a writer’s journal. No one knows for sure. And curiously enough, it did not get all that much attention at first. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There was plenty to be afraid of in 1933, our chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, explains. Roosevelt said there was “nothing to fear but fear itself.”
