Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...name Ramon George Sneyd, that of a Toronto policeman, which he possibly picked at random from a city directory. Using his new identity, Ray submitted a passport application. Because of Canada's ludicrously simple passport procedures-which demand, in effect, that the applicant merely swear that he is Canadian-he was granted one. On May 6 he flew BOAC to London, and the next day on to Portugal...
...manpower and expense, Ray's trail seemed to grow progressively colder. Then, on June 1, came the first big break. At the U.S.'s request, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had been checking passport mug shots for the slippery suspect. After assiduously studying about 300,000, they spotted the face with the box-tipped nose...
Pistol & Cards. While all this was going on, Ray was in Lisbon calculating his next move. He apparently attempted to alter his fraudulent passport, but only got as far as changing the d in Sneyd to a. At the Canadian embassy in Lisbon he told the consul: "My name has been misspelled," and was issued a new passport on May 16. Thus, with the two cards and pistol in pocket, he flew off to London and incarceration at Cannon Row police station, a stone's throw from...
...billion in automotive imports-both cars and parts-that entered the U.S. last year, one country accounted for 60%. The country is Canada, and the curious thing about it is that few Americans who bought Canadian-made cars had any idea that they were doing...
...reason for this is that most of the cars, manufactured by Canadian subsidiaries of U.S. automakers, are indistinguishable from American models. Chrysler makes Plymouths and Dodges in its plant in Windsor, Ont., and ships them all over the U.S. Midwest. General Motors assembles Chevrolets at a new plant at Íle Sainte Thérèse, near Montreal, for sale in New England. Mercurys manufactured in Ford's Oakville plant near Toronto are sold in New York. Even smaller American Motors gets into the act, builds cars at Brampton, Ont., for the U.S. market...