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...Authorities learned soon after the shooting that in early April Bremer had registered at New York's Waldorf-Astoria at the same time Hubert Humphrey was supposed to have been there. Humphrey, as it happened, had canceled his trip. Last week a picture was released of Bremer in Ottawa later in April in a crowd outside Parliament, while inside, President Nixon was appearing with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Bremer had stayed in the city's Lord Elgin Hotel for two nights. Evidently there was no ideological consistency to Bremer's obsession; he could have as easily...
When that long-awaited policy statement was finally released last week, U.S. investors were indeed pleasantly surprised. After two years of intense study by a task force under Canadian Revenue Minister Herbert Gray, the Ottawa government decided merely to "review" proposed takeovers of sizable Canadian companies by foreigners and to permit only those that seem likely to bring "significant benefit" to the country...
That was a modest response to the smoldering nationalist resentment against "domination" of the Canadian economy by U.S. business. The Canadian Cabinet had considered much tougher proposals, which would have given Ottawa control over the flow of investment to start plants in Canada or expand subsidiaries already operating there. But the Cabinet rejected those ideas. Executives of U.S. companies that have poured $28 billion into Canada-mostly by setting up wholly owned subsidiaries instead of buying out Canadian companies-noted that the new policy will have no direct effect on their operations, or on the $1.8 billion in earnings that...
With freshmen Osband and Bozer improving noticeably during each game, Harvard executed the most sensational play of the tournament Sunday morning at 7:45 against heavily favored Ottawa. Before the final quarter, Mallory suggested the old submarine play. As the quarter began, Harvard won the sprint for the ball and passed backwards to Graff...
...players stopped swimming in the middle of the pool and looked at their confused opponents. After nearly 20 seconds, Mallory surfaced less than ten feet from the Ottawa goal and screamed for the ball. The pass to him was simple, for there were no defenders within ten yards...