Word: macleans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he resigned as U.S. vice-consul in Toronto last fall, Frank Tinker bade Canada an unfond farewell. "I'm leaving Canada and I'm glad," Tinker wrote in a blunt article in Maclean's magazine. "It's going to be a great relief...
Tinker's article drew more mail than anything Maclean's has published in years. Surprisingly, half the letters agreed with Tinker in deploring the growth of such carping anti-Americanism. More support for Tinker came last week in a guest editorial written for Maclean's by Author Hugh (The Precipice) MacLennan. "Mr. Tinker has hit nearly all of us where it hurts," MacLennan wrote. "We're chagrined and a little ashamed of ourselves...
...court ruled that when malice is an issue in a libel suit, reporters must name their sources or lose their right to make a defense. The case grew out of a libel suit brought by Gordon Wismer, onetime Attorney General of British Columbia, against Blair Fraser, Ottawa editor of Maclean's magazine, who had written an article on backroom political shenanigans in B.C. Under the cloak of privilege, Editor Fraser had stubbornly refused to name his sources. Now, unless he changes his mind, the court will have little to do except assess the damages. Cried Vancouver's Province...
...ranging from clever thieves to obsessive society belles, from broken-down prizefighters to muscular gigolos. Among their collateral were 18th century manuscripts, a Stradivarius, a Crusader's giant thumb ring, pornographic watches, Titian paintings and the Hope diamond. When Simpson arrived at the home of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh MacLean. who owned it and needed a little ready cash, it could not be found. Mrs. McLean finally had an inspiration and called: "Mike! Here. Mike!" In bounded a great Dane. Twisted about his neck was an ornate necklace of 72 diamonds centering on the unique 44½ carat Hope...
...Editorialized the normally Anglophile New York Times: "Dr. John, who served British intelligence during the war . . . thus takes his place at the side of Fuchs, May, Pontecorvo, MacLean, Burgess and other traitors who evaded the British security system. It is perhaps time to suggest a little more cooperation between the British and American intelligence services in matters that could mean life or death...