Word: canadians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Many Canadians seem to think so-among them Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. "There is an intangible sense of disquiet in Canada over the political implications of large-scale and continuing external ownership and control of Canadian industries," he says...
...bloom off Canada's durable boom? Although 6,000,000 Canadians, more than ever before, have jobs, and the gross national product seems sure this year to edge over 1956's record, some soft spots are appearing in an economy that is closely tied to the U.S. Cautioned the Bank of Nova Scotia: "The upward trend of Canadian business has in recent months been tapering...
...countless foreign investors, Canada still looked alluring, and "immigrant capital" helped drive the Canadian dollar in August to an alltime high of $1.0611 in terms of the U.S. dollar (it eased to $1.0498 last week). With their premium dollar Canadians bought more goods abroad than ever before, thus aggravating their chronic trade deficit...
Liberal Party custom dictates that a Protestant English Canadian and a Roman Catholic French Canadian alternate the party's leadership. The only Protestant of English ancestry prominent enough to succeed Louis St. Laurent is Lester Bowles ("Mike") Pearson, 60, boyish, bow-tied, onetime (1945) Ambassador to the U.S. and External Affairs chief throughout the St. Laurent regime. In that office he gave Canada (pop. 16.5 million) a great say in Western affairs; e.g., the U.N.'s Middle East police force was a result of a Pearson resolution. His only serious political trouble occurred at home, when...
...enlisted man in the Canadian Tank Corps at 15, he later spent six months in the U.S. Navy, was booted out on a physical. Encouraged by the sound of his resonant voice, he became "the world's worst announcer" for San Francisco's Mutual outlet, moved on from station to station ("Whenever I got a new job I got married to celebrate"). Before his first year on TV was out, hard-drinking Don had missed more than 30 telecasts, but no one seemed to care. He latched onto two shows, Where's Sherwood? and Why Sherwood...