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Brautigan again; "When I'm rich and famous, Edna, this will be your social security.".(ENTERTAINMENT)(Review)
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1/3 The Edna Webster
Collection of
Undiscovered Writings
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- By: Richard Brautigan.
- Publisher: Mariner Books, 124 pages, $12.
- Review: Written before Brautigan's 21st birthday, this recently discovered manuscript is uneven, but it reveals that this inimitable stylist ("Trout Fishing in America," "In Watermelon Sugar") had already found his voice before joining San Francisco's Beat literary scene in 1956.
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Sun Media Names Michael Sifton President and CEO
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire
; ...generation of leadership in Michael Sifton who is uniquely qualified to provide...multiple platforms." Said Mr. Sifton: "The prospect of working with...legendary newspapermen of the 1890s, Sir Clifford Sifton, who owned the Winnipeg Free Press...
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Boy with a bad haircut achieves space dream and discovers Canada.
Magazine article from: Canadian Speeches
; ...experiences that we all share. One hundred years ago, Sir Clifford Sifton was trying to fill an empty land. As minister of...tremendously demanding home life on the prairies. So Sir Clifford Sifton went to Eastern Europe to spread the word of freedom...
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Editorial - Immigrants welcome, eh
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...new immigrants. It has always been rough and rocky. Sir Clifford Sifton, who was the architect of Canada's immigration policy...animosity to new Canadians unfortunately remains the same. Sifton was a visionary in his time. Canada needed people...
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Immigration door stays open for 200,000.
Magazine article from: Canadian Speeches
; ...to Canada. He knew that immigration would be a key to realizing this goal. He entrusted Sir Clifford Sifton to bring immigrants to open the West. Sifton did just that. Under his direction waves of immigrants from across Europe made the leap...
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Honouring Evans a terrific idea
Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun
; ...Brandon should do more to recognize the achievements of Sir Clifford Sifton, who was arguably the most accomplished public servant to represent this area. Sifton served as minister of the interior at the turn of the...
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To know where you're going know where you've been.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker
; ...Superintendents of Indian Affairs: Sir William Johnson (1755...Johnson (1774-1782) Sir John Johnson (1782-1828...Responsible for Indian Affairs: Sir Charles Bagot (1841...MacDonald (1896) Sir Clifford Sifton (1896-1905) Frank Oliver...
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The King of the Klondike & the Queen of Romania: when adventurer and war hero Joe Boyle met beautiful and courageous Marie of Romania during the dark days of World War I, it was the beginning of an enduring friendship. And--perhaps--more.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
; ...with author Jack London. He did business with the Guggenheims and the Rothschilds, with Herbert Hoover and Sir Clifford Sifton. He knew Sir Robert Borden, Lenin, and King George V. But his friendship with Queen Marie of Romania was the last...
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Provincial budget ignores rural anguish
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...with the promise of free land and a new life to go with it by a Manitoba politician, Sir Clifford Sifton, the MP for Brandon and the minister of the interior in Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government. Though Wednesday's budget didn't hold much promise...
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A North End shrine
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...Emergencies Act, was passed in 1988. Some people's views of early Ukrainian settlers are shaped by a comment by Sir Clifford Sifton, prime minister Wilfred Laurier's interior minister, that he was looking for the "stalwart peasant in a sheepskin...
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Tours, book bring cemetery to life
Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun
; ...features a photo of the person's headstone. Some of the people are nationally famous, like Brandon politician Sir Clifford Sifton or author Frederick Philip Grove. Others are more locally well-known, like town founders Squire Sowden of Souris...
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