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What if we lived most of our lives under one president?

What if we lived most of our lives under one president?

June 16, 2011:

Nearly 80 percent of Libyans have known no other leader than Moammar Gadhafi. His 42 years in office would be the same as if Richard Nixon were still in the White House today. Sarah Cowan, a doctoral student in sociology and demography at UC Berkeley, has published a chart on CNN Opinion showing the number of years world leaders have been in power.

Americans and religion increasingly parting ways, new survey shows

March 12, 2013:

Religious affiliation in the United States is at its lowest point since it began to be tracked in the 1930s, according to analysis of newly released survey data by researchers from UC Berkeley and Duke University. Last year, one in five Americans claimed they had no religious preference, more than double the number reported in 1990.

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