Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Friendship: A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul...
...superenthusiastic promoters promised (see following color pages). For one thing, the International Bureau of Exhibitions, which has been refereeing these things since 1928, classified it as an official "First Category Exposition" (the first ever in the Americas), as opposed to a run-of-the-mill world's fair, which emphasizes business exhibits and often-irksome commercialism. Beyond that, Expo 67 was dreamed up expressly to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada's national birth, and thus is powered by the energies and imagination of a proud and thriving people who have long yearned to prove that their country...
...feel that by carrying one stone you can contribute to the building of the world." Fittingly enough, there have never before been so many government sponsored exhibitions (Expo's 62 countries easily top the 42 at Brussels, 25 in Seattle, 13 at New York's fair). Expo also has the most distinguished advance booking in history: over 50 of the world's kings, princes and presidents have announced plans to pass through the welcoming gates at Place d'Accueil before they close...
...Night's Dream which opened at the Loeb last night is a crude attempt at a play unequaled in ripeness of language and plain good heart in Shakespeare or English. The show is as disasterous as misdirection can make it, which is to say that it is still a fair evening's entertainment...
Three other colts will receive fair support at the windows. Reason to Hail boasts a handy victory over mediocre competition in the California Derby, but he had no excuse when beaten five lengths by Damascus a month...