Diefenbaker
Americannoun
noun
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The Writers’ Trust of Canada said Newman’s 1963 book “Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years” about former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had “revolutionized Canadian political reporting with its controversial ‘insiders-tell-all’ approach.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
But it came to be known as the Diefenbunker after John Diefenbaker, the prime minister who commissioned it, more as a form of mockery than in his honor.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023
Nor at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, with its academic and popular programs on this country’s complicated culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2020
THE last time Canada and the United States sat down to hammer out a deal over controlling the flow of the Columbia river, Dwight Eisenhower was president and John Diefenbaker prime minister.
From Economist • May 31, 2018
The move triggered a crisis for the Conservatives and prompted Diefenbaker to call an election, which he lost.
From Reuters • Apr. 30, 2015
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