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...most serious consequence of American control is that Canadans feel powerless to manage their own economic life. All Canadians realize that decisions made in Washington or on Wall Street, over which they have no influence, can affect their lives as much as decisions made in Ottawa or the provincial capitals...
...birthday blowouts any nation has ever had. At the spectacular harbor site of Expo 67, on mainly manmade islands in the St. Lawrence River, the pavilions of 70 nations, which are now abuilding, will welcome visitors. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have already accepted invitations. The Parliament buildings in Ottawa will provide a backdrop for a May-to-October son et lumiere spectacle, and Sir Tyrone Guthrie, the Shakespearean showman who launched Canada's Stratford, will produce a centennial spectacle on Parliament Hill...
...part of the celebrations, 2,500 cities and towns have adopted civic projects that range from Ottawa's plan to plant 70,000 flowering crab apple trees to a Japanese garden in Lethbridge, Alta., that expects to get a school of royal carp from Emperor Hirohito's moat. Athletically, Canada will be host to no fewer than 17 international competitions, from snowshoeing (in Ottawa) to water skiing (in Sherbrooke, Que.) to the Pan American games in Winnipeg...
...high in the judgment of colleges, both great and small. Winning five honorary degrees each were Robert Weaver (Columbia, Illinois, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Delaware State); Sargent Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (Ohio Wesleyan, Fairleigh Dickinson, Oakland, Morehouse, Loras); and Oregon's Governor Mark Hatfield (U.S.C., Lafayette, Ottawa, Spring Arbor, Monmouth...
...apartment below some "known Soviet agents," turned to prostitution ($15 to $20 per customer), and struck up a friendship with Sévigny that lasted almost until her return to Germany in 1961. What was more, the Mounties said, Gerda told them that "at a social function in Ottawa, the Prime Minister of Canada had told her that she was doing a great thing for Canada and that Mr. Sévigny had great things to offer Canada...