Word: canada
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Patronizing Assumption." But the sense of injury went deeper than dollars. Particularly galling to Canadians, the inquiring Congressmen found, were U.S. citizens who "adopted a patronizing assumption that Canada, like a poor relation, would remain at our beck and call." Among the symptoms of discontent: revived protectionist sentiment, a desire to divert trade away from the U.S. and "a tinge of 'anti-United States' sentiment which is usually hedged about with protestations of continued affection, but is nevertheless widespread...
...Congressmen found that a simple "lack of awareness" is at the root of many irritations; a careful regard for Canadian interests and sensibilities by U.S. officials and businessmen would do much to smooth relations. So would more frequent visits by Americans, and better coverage of Canada by U.S. newsmen...
...whole of Europe. Moreover, the talent is younger. In Cliburn's generation there are at least nine pianists of equal native ability: Byron Janis, 30, Gary Graffman, 29, Seymour Lipkin, 31, Jacob Lateiner, 30, Claude Frank, 32, John Browning, 24, Eugene Istomin, 32, Leon Fleisher, 31, and Canada's Glenn Gould, 25, who has played widely in the U.S. By contrast, Europe has a small handful of young pianists -Austria's Friedrich Gulda and Paul Badura-Skoda, Poland's Andrzej Czajkow-ski. and France's Phillipe Entremont-who are in the same class. The younger...
...opposition to extending the reciprocal trade agreements. Under Seaton's five-year plan, which would cost an estimated $161 million the first year, the Government would pay the miners of copper, lead, zinc, tungsten and fluorspar the difference between the market price and a set "stabilization" price. To Canada and the Latin American countries that export metals to the U.S., the Seaton plan is a welcome alternative to the tariff increases they face. The increases, plus cutbacks in imports, have already stirred up bitter feelings, as Vice President Nixon has found out on his South American tour...
Cash from Canada. Early in the 1950s, the Mackles started to woo a new market: persons at or near retirement age. In a market survey, they found that 68% of older Americans were willing to retire in Florida and that their incomes averaged $160 a month. The Mackles felt they could put up a house priced for such a small income, but they lacked the bankroll to swing a nationwide promotion. To get it, they teamed with Canadian Financier Louis Chesler, 45, who had rolled up a fortune by underwriting mining promotions. Chesler has poured in about...