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Archive for July, 2011

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Chronicle for Higher Education, 7-17-11 Enlarge Image Dave Plunkert for The Chronicle Most Americans have not noticed, but Canadians are still reeling from the June 15 riots in Vancouver following the Canucks’ loss to the Boston Bruins for the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup. Thousands of drunken fans trashed [...]

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OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, 7-10-11 Betty Ford, who died on Friday at the age of 93, in the 1970s was the most controversial First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt.  During Gerald Ford’s brief presidency, from August 1974 through January, 1977, his wife Betty retrofitted the odd role she inherited to suit the modern media [...]

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OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, 7-10-11 Mr. Troy is Professor of History at McGill University, and the author, most recently, of The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP) and Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents. His other books include: Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady and Morning in America: [...]

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