Dwight Fulford
From the start it was unlikely that Dwight would have a colourless or even conventional life. The environment in which he was born nudged him in other directions. Largely the creation of his paternal grandfather, George Taylor Fulford, the hugely successful manufacturer…
Thomas LeMesurier Carter, M.C.
Tom Carter died peacefully in hospital in The Hague, the Netherlands on May 18, 2005, after a brief bout with cancer. His funeral took place on May 23 at the Church of Saint Philip and Saint John, The Hague. He is buried…
Noble Power
Noble Power, of whom a past CIDA President once remarked “You meet his name before you meet the man,” died on October 16, 2002, in Barbados, West Indies, and was laid to rest at the Barbados Military Cemetery on October 21. He…
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Two of the major features in this issue are particularly relevant to the day-to-day life of foreign service officers, and are well-deserving of close scrutiny.
Robert Louis Rogers
For many of us who joined the Foreign Service a decade after the end of the war, Louis Rogers was something of a legend in his own time; certainly in ours. Combining all the professional virtues for which “The Department” had become…
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A of bout de papier is devoted to cov- considerable proportion of this Issue erage of the PAFSO Award in recognition of excellence in the Canadian Foreign Service. At first glance, this might seem a bit self-congratulatory, but atter some reflection, perhaps…
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Department of Foreign Affairs and hat people are the greatest asset of th
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There’s a line from an old Billy Joel song to the effect that life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. This is particularly true of the foreign service, and once again, it’s time for both at bout de papier. Bernie Etzinger…
Follies from the Field
A lament for a stunned world, occasioned by the death of John F. Kennedy some 38 years ago and uttered by one of his grieving friends. Words spoken in a moment — keenly familiar to us once again — when it seemed…
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September 13, 2001
