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...understand each other, may not even like each other much, but somehow they see each other all the time. That kind of attachment has grown up between the Jacksons, a shy, stiff couple who live with their adolescent daughter in the built-up London suburb of Ruislip, and their Canadian-born neighbors, the sunny, boisterous, intrusive Krogers. The families pop into each other's houses, exchange presents, share holidays. So long as they accept each other at face value, the relationship works. But when they stop to examine what they really know about each other, they uneasily sense that their...
...Redskins are the property of Canadian-born Jack Kent Cooke, who expects everything he owns to shine like the top of his Chrysler Building. Cooke's team, coached by a bright man named Joe Gibbs, was constructed by boyish Talent Scout Bobby Beathard out of what some say were the pitiful leavings of '70s Coach George Allen, though Theismann, Fullback John Riggins, Place Kicker Mark Moseley, Offensive Tackle George Starke and Defensive Tackle Dave Butz were among the remnants. While Butz is a fine player (weighing over 300 lbs., resembling a 6-ft. 7-in. handball court...
DIED. Raymond Massey, 86, gaunt, lanky, Canadian-born stage and screen actor remembered by a generation for his award-winning portrayals of Abraham Lincoln; of complications from pneumonia; in Los Angeles. Later audiences knew him best as the crusty but warmhearted Dr. Gillespie in NBC's Dr. Kildare TV series (with Richard Chamberlain in the title role...
...sport that moves Canadians. Tim Raines considers the past triumphs of the Montreal Canadiens a burden. Possibly the Blue Jays have found the past failures of the Toronto Maple Leafs a blessing. "I think Canadians understand baseball a lot better than Americans understand hockey," says Bob Bourne, an expert witness. Before ever playing left wing for the New York Islanders, Bourne was a minor league infielder in the Houston Astros' system. (The Astros outfielder Terry Puhl and the Chicago Cubs pitcher Ferguson Jenkins are the most eminent of the few Canadian-born major leaguers.) "I learned to play baseball...
...think that I prefer undergraduate teaching and I would insist on it for myself," said the Canadian-born Bercovich...