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  • Laurier's archives have hundreds of rare books, but this is the first manuscript.

    Wilfrid Laurier University purchases medieval hymnal manuscript 2008

  • Laurier's new fourth-year medieval studies seminar, The History of the Book, will get a finer understanding of manuscripts and how they were used.

    Wilfrid Laurier University purchases medieval hymnal manuscript 2008

  • Laurier's laughable "Tin Pot Navy" was mercilessly scorned in its 1910 infancy, yet the RCN rose to be the third largest navy in the world by the end of the Second World War.

    The Old Eighteen 2007

  • Laurier's laughable "Tin Pot Navy" was mercilessly scorned in its 1910 infancy, yet the RCN rose to be the third largest navy in the world by the end of the Second World War.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • To find similar anti-American sentiment, you'd probably have to go back to the federal election of 1911, when Wilfrid Laurier's espousal of trade reciprocity with the United States cost him re-election.

    unpopularity, no contest 2005

  • It seemed ludicrous to think that the severely politically divided and under-populated Dominion of Canada with only five million inhabitants spread across a harsh, unforgiving landscape could ever fulfill Laurier's promise, particularly when just to the south 93 million Americans still breathed "manifest destiny."

    Five Priorities for the Federal Government 2004

  • Laurier envisioned a Canada of 100 million strong and of course that has not happened yet, but the essence of Laurier's vision was realized.

    Five Priorities for the Federal Government 2004

  • And because we did not live up to Laurier's vision, some reach the conclusion that the last 100 years added up to a failed century.

    Canada and the Future 2002

  • We are the reason Sir Wilfrid Laurier's glorious vision for Canada in the 20th century has not yet come true.

    There Are No Limits—PCS and a New Competitive Advantage 1995

  • From Sir Wilfrid Laurier's perspective 100 years ago, Canada's problems and opportunities were largely within its own borders.

    Canada 2000—Symptoms of Success 1994

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