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  Free Essay Rene Levesque's journey to stardom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A study of Levesque is, in large part, a study of language, gesture, and culture - for, in a homogeneous society with a strong oral tradition, Levesque was a cultural force as much as a politician.
Levesque was a constant smoker; cigarettes seemed part of his restlessness, together with his squint, his twitches, his shrugs; they filled his spaces, just as the rhythms of the smoke seemed to shape his looping sentence structure.
Sometimes it seems as if there are two Rene Levesques: one modest, witty, curious, tolerant and open, widely read and taking a spontaneous pleasure in new people and new ideas; the other distant, cool, suspicious, and narrow, with a vindictive streak.
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 CANOE -- JAM! - CBC's Rene Levesque biopic sanitized   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The late Levesque — the former premier of Quebec and the political father of the modern nationalist movement in that province — was a complex figure, to be sure.
Levesque’s romantic affairs are on full display here, although the thought of the real Rene Levesque having sex is not something we wanted in our noggins.
Levesque was lucky he existed in the pre-Gary Hart era of politics, in that many knew about his sexual appetites but no one said anything.
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 FBI file on Quebec's Rene Levesque includes murder plot, communist question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The FBI had a thin file on the sovereigntist leader, including earlier, McCarthy-era documents that questioned whether Levesque was in touch with a suspected communist organization south of the border.
Levesque, who died in 1987, was a founder of the separatist Parti Quebecois and premier from 1976 to 1985.
"On February 20, 1945 it was reported that one Rene Levesque, 95th Avenue, Bouganville (sic), Quebec, PQ, Canada, was either on the mailing list of, or in contact with, the United States Committee of South Slavic Americans," Hoover wrote in the letter to an unnamed recipient and copied to the Foreign Service Desk.
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 René Lévesque Movie.asp Sept. 20th, 2004 David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com
Rene and his lover are then interrupted by a cry from the next room, where their illegitimate daughter is in her crib.
Rene Levesque Movie slides René Lévesque, one of the most influential and charismatic politicians in Canadian history, is the focus of a six-hour drama series currently in production in Montreal.
Levesque named Quebec's best While English-speaking Canada argues over the greatest Canadian, a survey suggests Quebecers believe their greatest citizen ever is Rene Levesque, the legendary premier who shaped the sovereignty movement for so many years.
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 Rene Levesque - Images and Biography
Rene Levesque is best known as the Quebec Premier who attempted to break-up Canada.
He managed to prevail over the extreme elements in his party, and was essentially a moderate on the separation issue, and later persuaded a majority in the Parti Quebecois that the pursuit of independence should be set aside to aide in restoring Quebec's economy.
Levesque also covered the Korean War as a radio reporter, and was later a radio commentator with the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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 AllRefer.com - RenE LEvesque (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
RenE LEvesque[lAvek´] Pronunciation Key, 1922–87, Canadian political leader.
In 1976, the Parti QuEbEcois was the victor in provincial elections, and LEvesque became premier.
A 1980 referendum on separation from Canada won the support of only 40% of the voters, but LEvesque remained premier until 1985, when he resigned as party leader and premier after the party voted to temporarily abandon the goal of separation.
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 Rene Levesque Biography - Biography.com
He served in three cabinet positions until he resigned in 1968 and founded the Parti Québecois, whose main objective became Quebec sovereignty and the creation of a new form of association with Canada.
Levesque was elected premier in 1976, and again in 1981.
The Parti Québecois was not able to prevail in a 1980 referendum on sovereignty-association, but passed Bill 101, which formalized the status of French as the official language of Quebec.
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 The Stature of Rene Levesque
I have always liked Rene Levesque, and I think I like him even more in death than I did in life.
In life, of course, Levesque was a Quebec Nationalist, a separatist of dreamed of creating a Francophone state from the remains of Canadian Confederation.
The monument to Levesque is unusual because it says, this was a guy who didn't pretend to be any bigger or better than you or me. He was honest and real.
www.chromehorse.net /rants/rants01/levesque.htm   (505 words)

  
 Hour.ca - Books - René Lévesque, by Megan Durnford
It is important to see that Rene was not just a political person.
Hey, I actually bumped into Rene Levesque way, way back when he was doing a book signing at Coles downtown and was immediately taken by this incredibly approachable man who's imprint upon Quebec history is unassailable to this very day.
Levesque made to our society for both good and ill. Love him or hate him, Rene Levesque was an astoundingly complex and remarkable man!
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 Find in a Library: René Lévesque & the Parti québécois in power   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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René Lévesque & the Parti québécois in power
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 René Lévesque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lévesque is still regarded by many as a symbol of democracy and tolerance.
According to a study made in 2006 by Le Journal de Montreal and Leger Marketing, Rene Levesque was considered by far according to Quebecers the best premier to run the province over the last 50 years.
He was a man capable of great tact and charm, but who could also be stout and choleric when defending beliefs, ideals or morals essential to him, or when lack of respect was perceived, for example, when he was famously snubbed by François Mitterrand at their first meeting.
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 Amazon.com: Rene Levesque and the Parti Quebecois in Power: Books: Graham Fraser,Ivon Owen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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