assassination
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Assassination attempts can also warp how journalists cover a president’s opposition, and subdue how that opposition behaves.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026
Assassination attempts on US presidents have in the past been magnets for conspiracy - the killing of John F Kennedy in November 1963, most famously.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Maybe he was waiting for the right story to tell after his Emmy-nominated turn as Versace’s partner, Antonio D’Amico, in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2024
In a posting titled, “Why Ford’s Theatre Doesn’t Stage Assassination Re-enactments,” the historian David McKenzie, who worked at the theater for nine years, wrote in 2021:
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024
In 1787 his "Assassination of David Rizzio" procured his election as A.R.A., and a year afterwards he became full member.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
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