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Word: canadians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gloomy basement room in Ottawa's Parliament Building, the House of Commons External Affairs Committee gathered one day last week to probe into a contentious affair: Why had the Canadian government abruptly canceled plans to rent space for its various agencies in Canada House, the 26-story skyscraper now abuilding on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, which was to be a Canadian business and cultural center in New York? In their digging the M.P.s encountered a genuine shock, involving another logical Canada House tenant: the prestigious, 1,600-member Canadian Club of New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: No Jews Allowed | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...witness stand was Ray Lawson, 71, who as Canadian consul general in New York from 1953 to 1955 was the prime mover behind Canada House. Ferreting about, the M.P.s wondered why the Canadian Club, long installed in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, had decided, even before construction started, not to take space in Canada House. Lawson could not say-but he did know that the former Liberal government was "very glad" to hear of the club's decision. He added: "I can understand the reasons. The Canadian Club has some very strict racial rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: No Jews Allowed | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...Pressed Montreal M.P. Leon Crestohl, obviously astonished: "Would you think that I, as a Jew and even as a member of the House of Commons, might be barred from membership?" Replied Lawson: "I would think so, yes." Said Crestohl evenly: "We have heard enough about the Canadian Club. Let's get on with our business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: No Jews Allowed | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...event will be sponsored by the Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory of Yale University with the cooperation of the Nova Scotia government. Yale has invited Harvard, Princeton and three Canadian schools to participate. The five members of each team and their faculty adviser need not have had any previous big game fishing experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Anglers Invited To Annual Fishing Match | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...tight game for two periods.The Bruins, who had shut out Montreal in the Canadian city last night 3-0, tied the score 1-1 in the middle session...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Montreal Canadiens Hand Bruins 6-2 Defeat As Geoffrion Scores 200th Goal of Career | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

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