Lawrence S. Bergman is a Canadian politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a minister of the government of Quebec from 2003 to 2007, the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of D'Arcy-McGee in Montreal's west end from 1994 to 2014, and Chairperson of the Government Caucus in the parliamentary office of Quebec.

1940Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer^[†]

Richard Edlund, ASC is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, as well as two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a BAFTA and Emmy Award recipient.

Headlines from December 6, 1940

The International Situation

Nazis Envisage Chattel Slavery For People of Conquered Nations; Nazis Envisage Chattel Slavery For People of Conquered Nations

BRITISH SOLIDARITY IN WAR AFFIRMED; Overture to Hitler to Hold a Parley Is Voted Down After Rebuke to Its Sponsors

PRESIDENT INSISTS SEAWAY BE BUILT; St. Lawrence Plan Now Vital to Our Defense, He Says in Call for Congress Action

Jones Sees Cheaper Rail Loans As Future Policy of Government; Interest Rates Generally Called Too High-- Insurance Heads Chided for Not Making Borrowing 'Easy' for Expansion

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