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Economic experts in other countries, notably Canada and Britain, wryly point out that they have faced similar and even proportionately larger tides of foreign investment without losing control of their national destiny. Says Economist Alan Rugman of the C.D. Howe Institute, a leading Canadian think tank: "We in Canada have much more foreign ownership than the U.S. will ever have, and we're one of the wealthiest countries in the world as a result." Even so, Canada has suffered through prolonged bouts of unhappiness concerning foreign influence within its $379.3 billion economy and has occasionally lashed back at foreign investors...
Sculptor Fingesten gets a small monthly check from a patroness, Mrs. Joseph Wasserman, millionaire rugman's widow. For studio he uses a leaky shed in Oak Lane, lent him by Temple University. On rainy days he moves to a cellar. He has taught his Irish landlady how to make bouillabaisse, goulash, spaghetti sauces. "Already I am seven days behind in my rent," says breezy Peter Fingesten, "but she treat me like a mother; when I am sick she cure me - everything. Now she even wants to study painting from...
Then along came an Armenian rugman with a luxurious 40 foot carpet but once more Lampy wasn't at home. And then came the climax of the evening. Not a speech by a prominent graduate, but another kind of speaker. One equally raucous, one equally unintelligible, but one of only indirect Lampoon descent. Just an old-fashioned goose. Sibi by name...
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