Articles tagged "richard nixon"

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Tricky shtick: Nixon film portrayals are irresistible to actors, but essence is elusive

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[7.Dec.08] :. Richard M. Nixon adored the movies. He walked out of “West Side Story,” which he dismissed as “propaganda,” but he revered John Ford, kept up with the New Hollywood...

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Rightward Bound by Bruce J. Schulman, Julian E. Zelizer (Editors)

by Christopher Martin

[21.Apr.08] :. Jacobs writes that the [1973-74 energy] crisis ultimately taught “conservative reformers a valuable lesson: fighting liberalism is hard”.

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The Preacher and the Presidents by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Sep.07] :. The result is a hypnotic read about the turbulent nature of public life.

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Convicted press baron Conrad Black admits timing tough on Nixon biography release

by Susan Chandler [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[15.Aug.07] :. It’s an awkward time to launch a book—a few weeks before being sentenced for fraud and obstruction of justice. Yet it may also be a welcome distraction for Conrad Black, the disgraced...

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