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Word: canadians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obligation to serye the Nation and mankind are very much a part of the ethic of today's youth," says Korean war veteran Rep. Paul J. McCloskey (R-Cal.). He insists the "young idealist" hwo opposed Vietnam "were the same type of individuals who volunteered to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1939, before the United States entered the war against Germany...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Uncle John Wants You | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Nelson Morgan Davis, 72, eccentric Canadian businessman; of drowning; in Phoenix. A native Ohioan who moved to Toronto in 1929, Davis amassed a fortune estimated at $100 million with a string of manufacturing and transport companies. He once paid $10,000 to have a meteorite that landed near Cleveland crushed and sent to Toronto to cover his driveway with its dust-free gravel and keep visitors from tracking dirt into his living room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 26, 1979 | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...bright spot on the horizon, though, is the recent election of junior Mike Desaulniers as captain for next season. The choice of Desaulniers is a predictable one, considering his amazing credentials, even though he missed half of the squad's matches because of a broken foot. The Canadian native is two-time American national champ, three years All-Ivy League and has been the number one amateur in North America since birth, or so it seems...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Ivy League Squash: Why Are the Tigers Winning? | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...Canadian Video Text System--Doug Parkhill, assistant deputy minister for communications, Canadian Ministry of Communications, Room 241, Aiken Computation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: March 15-March 21 (film listings on page four) | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Writer Michael Temblay centers this play around a young French Canadian, Serge, and his long-standing incestuous love affair with sister Nicole. The real issues, though, are more commonplace: the emotional deadness of middle class life, the desparation of lonely housewives, the struggle to communicate across generations. Though they might sound trite, Tremblay energizes his themes with strong emotions and piercing dialogue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Sisters, Thirty Trees | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

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