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Word: chortler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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Toronto's Globe & Mail buried the story on an inside page and looked the other way. The rest of Canada, tired of Toronto's holier-than-thou attitude, howled with delight. The Ottawa Citizen whooped to press with an eight-column, Page One chortler: TORONTO THE GOOD 'MOST WIDE OPEN CITY.' The Ottawa Journal clucked like a mother hen: "Toronto is [just] growing up ... taking on the airs and smells and sounds of a big city. We think it will survive." The unkindest smirk of all lit up the Montreal Herald: "We are presently beaver-busy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: ONTARIO: Move Over, Chum | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

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