Word: lester
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good of Canada and the party. Stung to tears, Diefenbaker refused, and set out to rally his strength. Loyal supporters whipped up the prairie-province backbench M.P.s, and there were cheers as Diefenbaker entered the House of Commons to answer no-confidence motions brought by the opposition Liberals of Lester B. Pearson and the funny-money Social Crediters. In a fighting speech, Diefenbaker lashed the Liberals and tried to get the Social Crediters to change their mind by offering to meet their conditions. But it was no use. In the final tally, 44 out of 46 minor party M.P.s joined...
...that instant. Passenger Lester Peterson, seated beside Van Keuren, grabbed for the control wheel and yanked back. The aircraft rose again-after plunging to within three feet of the ground. It climbed to 8,000 ft. But the passengers-Peterson, Lester Laun, 34, and John Pawlack, 32-were still in a fearful situation. All three were engineers with the American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel, on an inspection trip of the missile site, which their company is building. And none had ever flown a plane...
...Ottawa the Liberals, who had been seeking an issue to topple Diefenbaker's Conservatives, lost no time attacking the government. Though everyone deplored the inappropriateness of the U.S. statement, Liberal Leader Lester Pearson told the Commons: "The real issue for Canadians is: what are the facts and what is the truth about our defense policy?" Leaders of the two minor parties, whose votes would be needed to bring down Diefenbaker's Conservatives on a vote of noconfidence, seemed to agree. Said the New Democratic Party's Tommy Douglas: "The Prime Minister said that the government...
...fallen on Canada's Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and his Conservative Party since last June's election. Though the Canadian economy has staged a remarkable comeback, Diefenbaker and his minority government have remained unpopular. With growing talk of a spring election, the latest Canadian Gallup poll shows Lester Pearson's Liberals with a commanding 47% of those polled, up 10% since June, while Diefenbaker's Conservatives are down to 32%, a new low. The Prime Minister's personal popularity has fallen to the point where 45% had a lower opinion of him than in June...
...familiar face was Price, veteran of more than 50 films and a collector for 30 years. The short sports coat was Harry Sundheim Jr., a Chicago businessman and also a collector. The dark suit was Lester Salkow, a Los Angeles theatrical agent who is Price's business manager. The three were buying original art for Sears, Roebuck, which will sell it to the public along with snow removers, Oxford cloth shirts, storm windows and mink coats...