Word: closed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Traditionally, most Canadians have opposed outright union with the U.S., whether economic or political. More recently they have favored a close working agreement which they call "economic integration." By this, they mean: 1) letting each country produce the things it can produce best and selling them in a combined market; 2) cutting tariffs selectively, here & there-but not wholesale...
...wrong with all of them. They showed a "mechanization of human relationships," described themselves and their spouses as undemonstrative. There was, Dr. Kanner found, "no glamor of romance in premarital courtship, no impetuousness in postnuptial mating." He saw only one mother hug her child warmly and bring her face close to his; many of the busy fathers hardly knew their children...
...steelmen, these losses were only a down payment. Gambling on a quick end to the strike, they had used most of their coal reserves to keep production as close to normal as possible. They would hardly be able to rebuild the reserves by June 30, when the miners' contract expires and another strike is expected. The next one, if it comes, would force a quick and sharp cut in steel production...
...refurbish the Lurline, Matson Navigation Co. had laid out close to $19,500,000, more than twice the ship's original cost. The heavy expense forced Matson to shelve plans for rebuilding her two sister ships, the Mariposa and the Monterey. Even the Lurline was a gamble as competition from the airlines (Pan American and United Air Lines) has cut deeply into Matson's business...
...goodness. As a disciple of Freud, he naturally has a hard time convincing his fellow citizens that he is more than a doubletalking quack. In time he not only shames his narrow-minded enemies but gives them, free, some sobering doses of analysis as well. At times coming very close to being a boring do-gooder, he rids a local rich man of his compulsion to bay like a hound, comforts the intimidated German townspeople when World War I comes along, and nearly kills himself treating the town's poor...