article_snippet.sent: Hal O'Flaherty, director of the Daily News Foreign Service, was only a step or two behind.  
article_snippet.sent: At last, the new president started typing.  
article_snippet.sent: the new president wrote: .
article_snippet.sent: As the editors talked, I heard one ask, "What kind of president do you think president'll make?"  
article_snippet.sent: And O'Flaherty, director of the Daily News Foreign Service, said, "If there's anything to the American system, president will rise to the office.
article_snippet.sent: In the dusk, the quiet, I suspect The chief editorial writer didn't expect an answer, but I thought about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served in the White House for an unprecedented 12 years.  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lauder was longest-serving president in history; impact was felt immediately and personally .