{
    "byline": "David Smith",
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    "excerpt": "It seemed like a good idea at the time. In December 1978, Jimmy Carter, a US president besieged by inflation and energy crises, watched as thousands of Democrats descended on Memphis, Tennessee, for a rare midterm convention.",
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    "title": "Republican midterm convention will be \u2018Trumpist pageantry\u2019 \u2013 at the party\u2019s own risk"
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