A Time for Peace
De temps à autre un livre est publié pour des raisons politiques. Lénine, Mao, De Gaulle tous ont publié des ouvrages afin d’exprimer comme tant d’autres leurs idées avec l’espoir de communiquer une pensée, une idéologie et surtout passer à l’histoire.
A Perfect Spy
John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell) has done it again in his latest novel, A Perfect Spy (Book-of-the-Month Club main selection). I found it among the best of his books I have read or seen portrayed on film and TV. A…
Wife Of . . .
Sondra Gotlieb’s ebullient personality has had a somewhat stunning effect on the District of Columbia. Her “irreverent account of life in Washington” brings new meaning both to high society cocktail tactics, and the effective use of ever-shrinking hospitality allowances. Canada has come…
The Re-burial of a Master Painter
The splendid retrospective exhibition of paintings by James Wilson Morrice, organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, now taking place successfully in several major Canadian public galleries, recalls the consular experience of his reburial in Tunis.
La formation sur le tas
par Laurent Beaulieu
All in the Line of Duty
Here clow or account ofinalzing he worldly affairs of a countryman whose journey into retirement was foreshortened by untimely death. With respect for the deceased and those he left behind, details revealing identity are omitted. The story is being offered as instructive…
A Summer Day in Delhi
Two tales of interment, more adventures in Bolivia and two years’ salary goes down the toilet!
Freifeld On: Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry A . . .
To those of us who were his close friends and neighbours in the early days of the United Nations, the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize award to Ralph Bunche came hardly as a surprise. We knew that not only human being but that,…
Société d’études et de consultation du Canadien Pacifique (Ltée)
Le Canadien Pacifique, cette compagnie de grande taille que vous connaissez tous, possède une société de consultation active à l’étranger depuis le début des années soixante-dix. Votre humble serviteur a quitté le service des délégués commerciaux du temps pour s’y joindre en…
Terrorism: A Threat to Canada?
Canada: by Peter St. John
