Tom Cod wrote: > You're kidding, who could forget Dick Nixon? I'm afraid that a very Americo-centric statement - perhaps even generational even in the US. There are many people in Europe and elsewhere who have no idea who Richard Nixon was. Outside Britain most people don't even know who Margaret Thatcher was and Ronald Reagan is remembered an old film star at best.
Do many Americans remember who was President of France, Chancellor of Germany or Prime Minister of Britain in 1968 - not to mention who was president of South Vietnam or prime minister of Israel or even prime minister of Canada or President of Mexico? George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, somebody called Roosevelt who apparently was president early in the century and again in the 1930s and during World War II and Kennedy - plus Clinton and Bush who are contemporary politicians - are the only American presidents most people remember. Einde O'Callaghan >> Coming back to Woodstock -- how many people dreaming of Woodstock >> and re-hearing its Music can tell who was POTUS then? > >> Cheers, >> Lüko Willms ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
