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Sunday Nov 8 | Richmond Register

11 local authors to be at state book fair Saturday

Eleven authors from Madison County will be taking part in the 28th annual Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday in Frankfort.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Madison County, KY, Richmond, KY, Berea, KY, Lexington Metro

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Truthdig

Sen. George McGovern on the Presidency From Lincoln to Obama

George McGovern has been a witness to history, as both a scholar and the first senator to oppose the Vietnam War.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Hog House Blog

Schieffer compares modern GOP to Dems of 1972

The growing rift in the Republican Party, highlighted by yesterday's House election in New York's District 23 , reminds CBS's Bob Schieffer of the Democrats in 1972 and the presidential defeat of South Dakota's own George McGovern.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Independent

Kentucky Book Fair scheduled for Saturday

Ashland's Stacy Nelson and David Palmore will be among 200 writers participating in the 28th annual Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Ashland, KY, Robards, KY

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Book fair to feature hundreds of writers

Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, New York Times reporter Dana Canedy and best-selling author Ann B. Ross will be among nearly 200 writers participating in the 28th annual Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Fort Knox, KY

Thu Oct 29, 2009

ArgusLeader.com

McGovern grandson pegged as possible Thune challenger

As South Dakota Democrats scan the horizon for a challenger to Sen. John Thune next year, one name starting to appear has a familiar ring to it.

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Related Topix: McGovern, PA, US News, US Politics, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, John Thune, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Al Gore

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Volante

Democrats visit winery for Heidepriem

George McGovern, the Democratic Partya s 1972 presidential candidate from South Dakota, spoke Saturday at Valiant Vineyards Winery on behalf of 2010 gubernatorial candidate state Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, South Dakota, South Dakota Government, Pierre, SD, Sioux Falls, SD

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Daily Herald

McGovern now fighting world hunger

Dozens of suburban high school teachers took on the role of pupils Friday, when former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern turned the tables and give them a lesson in living history.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Northwestern University

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Daily Northwestern

McGovern talks about new book

Though current events weren't on the agenda for the talk he gave Thursday at Northwestern, former Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dick Cheney, George Bush, W.

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Argus Leader

Fixing Medicare's flaws could be key to health care reform

Conservative politics is to me like religion. I had switched to the Republican Party so I could vote for my convictions at the time I moved to South Dakota.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

NewsBusters.org

Stop the Presses! Liberal Admits Nixon Began Withdrawing From Vietnam in First Year of Presidency

Since the Iraq-Vietnam analogy they were so fond of citing no longer holds water, liberals have switched to applying the threadbare comparison to the war in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

The Clinton Tapes by Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch's account of his secret conversations with the US president raises fascinating questions about how history is made, writes Gaby Wood Bill Clinton at home in Arkansas in 1992, the year before he became president.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Libraries

Wed Oct 07, 2009

KSFY

Former Senator George Mc Govern To Receive Freedom Award

George McGovern speaking to KSFY in this file photo. Story Created: Oct 7, 2009 at 12:49 PM CDT Story Updated: Oct 7, 2009 at 12:49 PM CDT Former Senator George Mc Govern will be receiving the 2009 United States Capitol Historical Societya s Freedom Award.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Tim Johnson

Mon Oct 05, 2009

WisInfo

Yesterday in Marshfield

He died instantly. 25 YEARS AGO: Former presidential candidate George McGovern visited the Gordon Meddaugh farm south of Granton yesterday where around 100 Mondale and McGovern supporters gathered.

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Related Topix: Granton, WI

Sat Oct 03, 2009

WCHL-AM Durham

UNC Will Display Clinton Documents 2009-09-29 17:45:54.538

Taylor Branch, a 1968 graduate of UNC and noted historian, has allowed many of his documents and recordings during Bill Clinton's presidency to reside with the Southern Historical Collection at Wilson Library.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, History in the News, Raleigh Metro, Chapel Hill, NC

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Ventura County Reporter

GOP target: President Obama

I remember a time when I, as a Democratic firebrand, could sit down with a Republican demagogue and have a civil conversation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Elton Gallegly, George Bush, Sonia Sotomayor

Wed Sep 30, 2009

The Gazette

McGovern book visit is a slice of history

Sarah Birn vividly recalls the last time she brushed elbows with Sen. George McGovern.

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Tue Sep 29, 2009

WSYR

Ex-presidential candidate McGovern makes stop in Syracuse

Former Democratic presidential candidate and ambassador George McGovern was in Syracuse Monday night to speak to the Le Moyne College community.

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Related Topix: Le Moyne College

Sun Sep 27, 2009

GretaWire

Read CAREFULLY

The next day Kruschev released photos of captured pilot Francis Gary Powers along with photos of his crashed U-2 spyplane.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Syracuse New Times

Lincoln, By George

Most people of a certain age know that George McGovern lost a presidential race to Richard Nixon in 1972.

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Related Topix: Le Moyne College, US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, New York, Cornell University, Syracuse University

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