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Richard Nixon

Acting, getting and being mad

In Sukumar Roy’s more-than-a-century-old stories on ‘Pagla Dashu’, Dashu was a crazy schoolboy who could spoil a drama at a school function or set off crackers in the classroom. His acquaintances were always afraid of any mischief from him.

Lula’s return endorses regional pink wave

Richard Nixon, who served as President Eisenhower’s Vice President, lost the 1960 US presidential election to John F. Kennedy and then the California Governorship to Edmund ‘Pat’ Brown in 1962. The post-election press conference was quite dramatic, a dejected Nixon even announced his complete withdrawal from politics.

Towards Impeachment?

No Republicans broke ranks to vote in favour of the measure, while two Democrats joined what they call the Republican stonewall.

Dual showmanship

The element of audacity and implications of the recent Trump-Kim summit in Singapore can only be equated with the Nixon-Mao…