presidential

president (ˈprɛzɪdənt)

—n
1.	(often capital) the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US
2.	(in the US) the chief executive officer of a company, corporation, etc
3.	a person who presides over an assembly, meeting, etc
4.	the chief executive officer of certain establishments of higher education

[C14: via Old French from Late Latin praesidens ruler; see preside]

presidential

—*adj*

presi'dentially

—*adv*

'presidentship

—n

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"Because of these convictions, I made a personal decision in the 1964 Presidential campaign to make education a fundamental issue and to put it high on the nation's agenda. I proposed to act on my belief that regardless of a family's financial condition, education should be available to every child in the United States—as much education as he could absorb."

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