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61List of United States presidential assassination attempts — There have been many multiple assassination attempts on presidents of the United States; there have been 17 attempts to kill sitting and former presidents as well as presidents elect. Four attempts on sitting Presidents have succeeded: Abraham… …
62Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1952 — The fight for the 1952 Republican nomination was largely between General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who became the candidate of the party s liberal eastern establishment, and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the longtime leader of the GOP s… …
63Canada and the 2004 United States presidential election — While the entire world paid close attention to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, few countries were doing so more than Canada. Decisions of foreign policy and trade made in the United States affect Canada more than those made in almost any… …
64Jesse Jackson presidential election 1988 — Four years later, in 1988, Jackson once again offered himself as a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. This time, his successes in the past made him a more credible candidate, and he was both better financed and better… …
65Jesse Jackson presidential campaign 1984 — In 1984, Jackson became the second African American (after Shirley Chisholm) to mount a nationwide campaign for President of the United States, running as a Democrat. In the primaries, Jackson, who had been written off by pundits as a fringe… …
66Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968 — Infobox U.S. federal election campaign, 2008 committee = Robert Kennedy for President 1968 campaign = U.S. presidential election, 1968 candidate = Robert F. Kennedy U.S. Senator from New York 1965 ndash;1968 cand id = C00431205 fec date = 2008 01 …
67Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1940 — Republican Candidates In the months leading up to the opening of the 1940 Republican National Convention, the three leading candidates for the GOP nomination were considered to be Senators Robert Taft of Ohio and Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan,… …
68SPECIAL REPORT: The U.S. Presidential Election — ▪ 1997 by George Russell Election campaigns, like wars, are won through a combination of strategy, logistics, and the application of power. In 1996 Bill Clinton showed that while his style of governance may have been open to question, his… …
69Algeria — /al jear ee euh/, n. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 29,830,370; 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Cap.: Algiers. * * * Algeria Introduction Algeria Background: After a century of… …
70Kennedy, John F. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full John Fitzgerald Kennedy , byname JFK born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number… …
