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      -- Frost [and] Nixon.
      By Howard, Ron, 1954-  Langella, Frank  Sheen, Michael  Bacon, Kevin, 1958-  Rockwell, Sam
       2008., Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Frost   Edition: Widescreen ed.    Availability:0 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Everyone is surprised that Nixon would select Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbors doubts that their boss will be able to hold his own. But as cameras roll, a charged battle of wits results.
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      By Molloy, Michael J.  Duschinsky, Peter, 1943-  Jensen, Kurt F. (Kurt Frank), 1946-  Shalka, Robert J., 1945-
       2017., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 325.21 M727r    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.   Volume: 41.Summary Note: The fall of Saigon in April 1975 resulted in the largest and most ambitious refugee resettlement effort in Canadaœs history. Running on Empty presents the challenges and successes of this bold refugee resettlement program. It traces the actions of a few dozen men and women who travelled to seventy remote refugee camps, worked long days in humid conditions, subsisted on dried noodles and green tea, and sometimes slept on their worktables while rats scurried around them all in order to resettle thousands of people displaced by war and oppression. After initially accepting 7,000 refugees from camps in Guam, Hong Kong, and military bases in the US in 1975, Canada passed the 1976 Immigration Act to establish new refugee procedures and introduce private refugee sponsorship. In July of 1979, the federal government under Prime Minister Joe Clark announced that Canada would accept an unprecedented 50,000 refugees later increased to 60,000 more than half of whom would be sponsored by ordinary Canadians. Running on Empty presents gripping first-hand accounts of the government officials tasked with selecting refugees from eight different countries, receiving and matching them with sponsors, and helping churches, civic organizations, and groups of neighbours to receive and integrate the newcomers in cities, towns, and rural communities across Canada. Timely and inspiring, Running on Empty offers essential lessons for governments, organizations, and individuals trying to come to grips with refugee crises in the twenty-first century.