The English orator and statesman George Canning (1770-1827) opposed intervention by Continental powers in constitutionalist movements of other states. He successfully supported the insurgent Spanish-A...
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One of England's best-known Tory leaders in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, George Canning served as prime minister, as a member of Parliament, and as an acclaimed foreign minister. He wa...
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Darryl Zanuck loved the story but hated the choice of writer-director-an "arrogant bastard" with "four flops" to his name already, as he blustered to the producer, Sol C. Siegel. Zanuck wanted Erns...
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Hilly and I had our third couples therapy session. I felt better about her than ever, but when we got to my past, we hit a few bumps in the road.
I went into my third session of couples therapy fe...
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George Canning
George Canning
Arrogant Bastard's Contempt Enlivens Waspish Melodrama
