Word: maccormac
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Dates: during 1939-1939
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...happened, the first foot each set down when they left the gangplank of the Empress of Australia at Quebec was the left foot. This ill omen was somewhat reflected in the reserved manner in which Quebec's French-speaking citizenry received them, causing New York Timesman John MacCormac to observe: "Canadian crowds are given to taking their pleasures silently, if not sadly." But the farther west Their Majesties went on their 26-day Canadian trip, the more English and enthusiasm they ran into, until, at Ottawa, the crowd went crazy and somebody actually slapped George on the back...
...cool, dark, comfortable Terrace Club of the Château Frontenac, improving their dispositions with the mild distillates of the Dominion. When the Royal ship docked at Wolfe's Cove, the New York Herald Tribune's Edward Angly, the Times's Raymond Daniell and John MacCormac, the A. P.'s Frank H. King and U. P.'s Webb Miller appeared on the dock in morning coats and striped trousers. By the time the King and Queen reached Ottawa, even the photographers were wearing cutaways and high hats...