August 29, 1959
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The world’s busiest gambling house
Behind its respectable facade, the Toronto Stock Exchange is a rowdy casino where a stenographer may win a fortune or a tycoon may lose his shirt. It’s also an essential source of vitality for Canada’s expanding economy
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Mailbag
"One law for rich, one for poor? No. None for poor" Is Britain the world’s dirtiest nation? Was the captain to blame in the Lusitania’s sinking?
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Is unemployment here to stay?
The recession’s over, but several hundred thousand Canadians —from free-loading frauds to serious distress cases—are drawing unemployment insurance. What’s more, says Maclean’s Ottawa editor, nobody is likely to do much about it. Here’s why
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LEISURE IN CANADA
Holiday weekend in Stratford
The home town of our most famous theatre lacks night clubs and exotic restaurants but offers other kinds of glamour and excitement — white swans, picnic tables under weeping willows and the high tragedy and broad comedy of Shakespeare
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PREVIEW
A LOOK AT TOMORROW IN TERMS OF TODAY
Roy Thomson girds for U.S. conquest The distaff side of Canada’s fastest family
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The most praiseworthy order of playboys
In their scarlet fezzes and bulging pantaloons, the fun-loving Shriners can quickly reduce a whole city to tears of exasperation and mirth. But the $120 million they’ve spent on hospitals for crippled children proves they’re
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How Alastair MacLeod is discovering a new theory about mental health
Leaving problems of the mentally ill to others while he pioneers a clinic for the mentally well, this Montreal psychiatrist is finding that the majority of people are not only quite fit but are highly capable of staying that way
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Maclean's Movies
Maclean's Movies
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