Together, the extended versions add up toâ¦. 1  The Fellowship of the Ring â 228 mins. 2  The Two Towers â 235 mins. 3  The Return of the King â 263 mins. 4  An Unexpected Journey â 182 mins. 5  The Desolation of Smaug â 186 mins. 6  The Battle of the Five Armies â 164 mins. 7  Total = 1,258 minutes (or 2 minutes shy of a whopping 21 hours)
In 1974, as an elder statesman of the party, Goldwater successfully urged President Richard Nixon to resign when evidence of a cover-up in the Watergate scandal became overwhelming and impeachment was imminent.
Not even the most optimistic observer of Presidentâs Ronald Reaganâs 1987 Berlin speech calling on Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to âtear down this wallâ would have imagined that two years later the communist regimes of Eastern Europe would collapse like dominoes.