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Selected Works of Gil J. Villagran
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The Shoes Flung Round the World
El Observador (2009)
  • Gil J. Villagran, San Jose State University
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Abstract
When an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a press conference, it caught the imagination of the world as an act of defiance by a David against a vastly more powerful Goliath.
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Publication Date
January 2, 2009
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Courtesy of El Observador (EO), San Jose, CA; website: <www.el-observador.com>

This article also appeared in Indybay (December 3, 2009) at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/03/18631349.php
Citation Information
Gil J. Villagran. "The Shoes Flung Round the World" El Observador (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gil_villagran/11/