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...immigration to Canada was much smaller in numbers than in the U.S., and Canada made different use of it. Most U.S. immigrants came not merely to a country, but to an idea. They were thrown into a swirl of enterprise that could be brutal but that was deeply committed to the future and-after the Civil War-to unity. Canada never became a melting pot: its people mixed but failed to merge. In a thinly settled country, dominated by the secular empire of Britain (or, in French Canada, by the clerical empire of the Catholic Church) people identified themselves more...
From 2 to 5 o'clock is a good time for the crowds. With decent weather few things can be more pleasant than a seat by Lake Quinsigamond. People get thrown into the lake; some who are not so fortunate plunge in on their own. And above all, crews finish at fifteen minute intervals. There is no chilling half-hour wait for the next race as there is at Charles River regattas...
...civilian an automatic underdog. But with the world watching closely to see if the first free presidential election in South Viet Nam's history will really be democratic, a civilian with the will to fight could make a good run for it. Three civilian candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring. Phan Khac Suu, 62, onetime Chief of State and now speaker of the Constituent Assembly that framed the nation's new constitution, was the first to announce. A Southerner and something of a mystic, the white-haired Suu is agreeable to nearly everyone...
With the Race Relations Board expected to announce similar findings this week, the Labor government is under increasing pressure to press for better antidiscrimination legislation. The chances that it can do so successfully are not good. In the past ten years, Parliament has thrown out at least ten bills to control discrimination-and the mood has not changed. Two months ago, when the government called union lead ers together to sound them out on fair employment laws, most of them boycotted the conference entirely...
...Beautifuls. Ugly notion, says John O'Toole of Foote, Cone & fielding: "The younger generation we have today does not respond to the unreal, the phony. This generation has grown up with advertising, seen it all their lives and has developed an ennui with all the beautiful faces thrown at them." Adds Adman Hooper White, of the Leo Burnett Agency: "Today's TV commercials are an outgrowth of the 'new wave' of French films. They encouraged us to get away from stereotypes and start using nonprofessionals...