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...like THANK YOU, CANADA. The Canadian embassy switchboard in Washington was overwhelmed by Americans wishing to convey warm sentiments: "Brilliant move." "Courageous feat." "Well done." In Fergus Falls, Minn., Radio Station KBRF got an enthusiastic response to its suggestion that listeners send I LOVE YOU valentine messages to Flora MacDonald, Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs, who, as her nation's top diplomat, had proudly confirmed the rescue story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Canada to the Rescue | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

...Iranian airport inspectors. The plot's mastermind and instant hero was Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, 45, a gregarious diplomat whose gravelly voice and hearty laugh had made him a popular intermediary between visiting Westerners and Iran's unpredictable government officials. His superiors, Prune Minister Clark and Secretary MacDonald, let Taylor direct every detail of the risky rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Canada to the Rescue | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

August 15: Continuing its Four Modernizations campaign, China allows commercial advertising on national television. The First commercial ever broadcast is a MacDonald's ad for its new product, the Big Mao. China also announces that it is negotiating with the state of Texas for the sale of the Great Wall, to be installed on the Texas-Mexico border...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Short Decade Begins | 1/8/1980 | See Source »

Phillips: Besides myself, there was Phillip Rahv, Dwight MacDonald, Fred Dupee and Mary McCarthy. We were all in our early or mid-twenties. We were kids...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: William Phillips: Partisan Review Retrospective | 1/4/1980 | See Source »

...Green Ripper, MacDonald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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