Presidential health coverup much easier to pull off in 1944
Roosevelt was much sicker than anyone let on during the election campaign. In fact, he died just a few months into his new term
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Author: Pat Murphy
Memories of Walter Reuther, an American labour giant
Reuther had his finger in everything from labour negotiations to legislation to civil rights to election campaigns
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A guaranteed annual income is complicated
Richard Nixon and Pat Moynihan had a plan to end poverty. In the end, it was far too complicated, and languished and died
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John Turner’s poisoned chalice
Succeeding Pierre Trudeau came with own baggage. As a result, Turner, a former golden boy of the Liberals who died Saturday, never fulfilled his promise
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The perpetual fascination with Robin Hood
The bawdy, brutal outlaw of the original ballads doesn’t fit with the noble figure of popular mid-20th-century presentations
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