Beaverbrook, Lord
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Beaverbrook, Lord (1879–1964). Newspaper proprietor. Born to a Scots-Canadian family in Ontario, William Aitken worked as a company negotiator, and used his business acumen to become a millionaire. In 1910 he journeyed to England, where his fellow Scots-Canadian, Andrew Bonar
Law, found him a seat as a Conservative MP. Beaverbrook's penchant for making friends with men and women of influence served him well. He cultivated the acquaintance of
Lloyd George, played a murky part in Lloyd George's overthrow of
Asquith, and was rewarded with a peerage (1916) and membership of the Privy Council (1918).
Beaverbrook had, meanwhile, bought the
Daily Express. He discovered he had a natural flair for journalism and this, combined with his business sense, helped boost the paper's popularity: by 1936 it had achieved a world-record circulation of 2.25 million copies per day. In 1923 he acquired control of the
Evening Standard. Beaverbrook used his newspapers as vehicles for his own idiosyncratic views: empire free trade, support of Edward VIII during the
abdication crisis, and for Neville
Chamberlain over Munich. In 1940 Churchill made him minister of aircraft production. The choice was inspired. Beaverbrook's ruthless methods helped ensure the victory of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain.
Geoffrey Alderman
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Sacco-Vanzetti anniversary raises fresh questions about U.S. executions, treatment of immigrants
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Sacco and Vanzetti: the case resolved.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 8/2/1986; ; 700+ words
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Trying again to interpret Sacco-Vanzetti
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; ...A. Lawrence Lowell dealing with the infamous Sacco-Vanzetti case were opened in 1977, 50 years after the two...finally settle some lingering questions. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a shoemaker and a fish peddler, Italian...
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Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 8/23/1998; ; 700+ words
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Will Boston memorial right a `wrong'? Sacco-Vanzetti sculpture accepted.(Nation)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Dukakis declared Aug. 23 Sacco and Vanzetti Memorial Day, declaring...and scholars, the case has been open to interpretation...important point is that cases like Sacco and Vanzetti rarely become resolved...last word. . . . A case that was conceived...
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Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
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Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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The Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Book article from: American Decades
THE SACCO AND VANZETTI CASE Armed Robbery On 15 April 1920 in South Brain-tree, Massachusetts...political terrorists. Among those taken into custody were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants. Both men were outspoken advocates...
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