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    Who was on the receiving end of the Shawinigan Handshake?

    Question #117439. Asked by bigponder. (Sep 10 10 10:54 PM)


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    		Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996 by Jean Chrétien, then Prime Minister of Canada, on anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett. The phrase is a combination of Chrétien's birthplace (Shawinigan, Quebec) and the name usually given to the greeting ritual of shaking hands.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan_Handshake

    Sep 10 10, 11:15 PM

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