Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thomson," reported London's Sunday Express stiffly, had been to Moscow and had talked to the Soviet Premier. That was about all Lord Beaver-brook's Express cared to report. The Sunday Observer and the Sunday Telegraph were equally vague, identifying Thomson merely as "the Canadian newspaper proprietor." Only in the London Sunday Times did Thomson get the full treatment, and a little more besides. No wonder. The Sunday Times is Roy Thomson's own paper...
...Stuart Hughes, professor of History, defended Charles de Gaulle's vote of Britain's bid for membership in the European Common Market is a panel discussion before 25 visiting Canadian, students yesterday...
...certainly no cause for White House tears; in its eyes, he had proved himself an evasive, uncooperative, often antagonistic ally. For years he had avoided meeting Canada's nuclear commitment under NATO. And, despite all kinds of agreements, said the U.S. State Department two weeks ago: "The Canadian government has not as yet proposed any arrangement sufficiently practical to contribute effectively to North American defense...
...every turn, his own inability to make a firm decision, either about nuclear weapons or even politics, worked against him. After two years of patient argument, Defense Minister Douglas Harkness made one last effort to get Diefenbaker to honor Canada's three-year-old commitment to arm Canadian planes and missiles with U.S. nuclear weapons. Once again, Diefenbaker refused. Exasperated beyond endurance, Harkness resigned. It was, he said, "a matter of principle...
...legs were fractured twice. His brakeman was thrown free, broke only one leg. Next day the U.S. sled steered by Joe McKillip, 30, slammed into a soft snow wall as it neared the finish line; McKillip was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and lacerated cheek. The day after, a Canadian driver's throat was gashed almost from ear to ear when he cracked up on the straightaway in the stretch...