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bout de papier, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1988) — Spring 1988 // Printemps 1988, p. 43 View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1988) — Spring 1988 // Printemps 1988, p. 43. Read the rest of this issue →
The Pugilist’s Dilemna
LDC Liebnitz was reminiscing with his old friend Chief Inspector de Toombs about the ace logician’s school days. “You wouldn’t have believed the final exam,” Liebnitz exclaimed.
Home from the Hill: A History of the Métis in Western Canada
Few Canadians anywhere are aware that the prairies owe their existence as a part of Canada largely to the Métis and their leader Louis Riel. Largely by their efforts, it did not become another American state or a colony of Canada of…
My Grandfather’s House
Reading a Charles Ritchie book is a romp through another time and another place. My Grandfather’s House takes the reader on a passage through Ritchie’s imaginative childhood and youth, and leaves one wondering how could any one person know such an odd…
Moscow Despatches “Inside Cold War Russia”
Reviewed by Geoffrey Pearson
PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Le 7 janvier dernier débutaient les consultations relatives à la révision triannuelle des Directives sur le service extérieur au sein du Comité des directives sur le service extérieur du Conseil national mixte.
Spring in Fort Pearson
bout de papier, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1988) — Spring 1988 // Printemps 1988, p. 37 It may be true that Ottawa has buttwo seasons, winter and July. But Springdoes come each year to Pearson’s fort. I knowfor I have read the subtle signs. In Springa young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of posts,the middle […]
Residential Inventories
“Residential inventory of contents and possessions.” Do these words cause fear and trembling? Do they recall an agonizing experience that killed much of the excitement of going on a posting? Do they force you to think unpleasant thoughts about an almost impossible…
Departmental Personnel Policy
In his column of April 28, Frank Howard of the Ottawa Citizen published excerpts of a telex emanating from the Embassy in Bonn:
The Press on Patronage and the Foreign Service
The following article, from the Sudan Times, Khartoum, was re-printed recently in the American Foreign Service Journal: It is with interest that we note… a perceived lack of strength in the ranks of the career diplomats in the Foreign Service. We note…
