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'Mad Dog' Prebble loses his bite
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Resigning the leadership of the ACT political party is only the
latest instalment of drama in the political career of Richard
Prebble, who, as a bolshie Labour MP, first earned the moniker `Mad
Dog' for daring to challenge the then Prime Minister and National
party leader, Sir Robert Muldoon, in the House of Representatives.
TRACY WATKINS examines his career.
Political cartoonists loved him. That was during the era when he
earned the nickname "Mad Dog". A few flourishes of the pen and there
was Richard Prebble -- a crazed canine, confined to a dog collar,
mouth bared in a wild snarl.
No ...
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All of the president's historians: the debate over Urho Kekkonen.
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies
; ...hiihti! Kekkonen kalasti! Nyt se on Kekkonen riisuttu alasti" [Kekkonen skied, Kekkonen fished, and now Kekkonen is stripped bare]. When Urho Kaleva Kekkonen resigned as president of the Republic of Finland in the fall of 1981, few Finns...
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Urho Kekkonen, Finnish ex-president
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...HELSINKI, Finland (AP) Urho Kekkonen, 85, president of Finland for...today. His son Matti said Mr. Kekkonen died at the lakeside presidential...in the brain," the son said. Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, popularly known as UKK or Urkki...
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Remembering Kekkonen on the 100th anniversary of his birthday
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Review
; In the fall of 1981, after 25 years in office, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen resigned as President of the Republic of Finland...September 3, 2000, Finns observed the centenary of Urho Kekkonen's birth. The year 2001 will mark the twentieth...
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On the Finland Watch: An American Diplomat in Finland during the Cold War.(Review)
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies
; ...of the decisions and repercussions of the Kekkonen presidency, are extremely thought provoking...leaders, including specifically President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen. Mr. Cooper interviewed Kekkonen associates, colleagues, critics, and others...
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Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Marchegiano), heavyweight boxer, killed in an air crash 1969; John Ford (Sean O'Feeney), film director, 1973; Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, president of Finland, 1986; Henry Moore, sculptor, 1986. On this day: Henry VI acceded as king at the age...
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Doctors hope hip protectors will reduce the risk of fracture.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...soon, or at what cost. Dr. Pekka Kannus, chief physician at the Accident and Trauma Research Center at the Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute in Tempere, Finland, says he and his colleagues undertook his study because they felt a new approach...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...John Ford (Sean O'Feeney), film director, 1973; Norman Eric Kirk, New Zealand prime minister, 1974; Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, president of Finland, 1986; Henry Moore, sculptor, 1986; Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in a car crash...
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