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...Economic conservatives, from Rick Santorum to Alf Landon to George Osborne, believe Christmas has little effect on the health of the economy; liberals, from Ed Balls to Franklin Roosevelt to Paul Krugman...
...… In 1936, the Republican Alfred Landon stood for election against President Franklin Delano Roosevelt....
...Sir, With reference to Gary Silverman’s New York Notebook “Will Landon break his losing streak?” (September 5): with the benefit of hindsight, we now know that Alf Landon was right. Franklin D....
...in the face of unemployment well over 8 per cent against a Republican with six letters in his last name, Alf Landon....
...In 1936 the Republican governor of Kansas tried to head off Franklin Roosevelt’s bid for a second term as president and was crushed....
...Sir, With reference to Gary Silverman’s Notebook “Will Landon break his losing streak?” (September 5): Franklin D....
...Aronoff, President and Chief Executive, The Landon Companies, Royal Oak, MI, US...
...He was re-elected in a landslide victory over Alf Landon in 1936, even though the unemployment rate remained shockingly high (at 14 per cent)....
...Lewis, Alf Landon and Harold Ickes....
...I was reminded recently of how little things have changed by a fascinating account (published half a century ago) of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s US presidential campaigns*....
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