May 21, 1960
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FICTION
The mystery of the Merrifield
As an Atlantic gale tossed the corvette like a cork, something weird and wonderful happened to Ordinary Seaman Chick McAllister
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ARTICLES
Holiday weekend in ROME
A Maclean’s editor mints a fresh turn for an old phrase: all pleasures lead to Rome
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ARTICLES
CHRISTIAN HERTER: new face at the summit
In the critical and spotlit weeks of the Paris summit meeting the fate of the West may hang on an unknown quantity — the strengths or weaknesses of U. S. state secretary Christian Herter. A Canadian analyst in Washington tells why the man who will step out from the late John Foster Dulles’ heavy shadow is no rubber-stamp errand boy. as many reporters say. He is a strong man in a quiet way.
2021
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The commando who didn’t know the war was over
Twelve days after World War II ended, RCN Lieutenant Ian Alcock was still dodging the patrols of a defeated enemy in the reeking Malayan jungle. By a near-miracle of endurance, he survived to tell this true story
2021
ARTICLES
Does man dare tinker with his own shape?
Soon science will be able to breed human beings to order: bigger, stronger, handsomer, more intelligent. Creating supermen could be mankind’s greatest adventure but it poses unhears-of risks
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I run a hotel-heaven help me
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OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE HEADED FOR A CRACK-UP
UNLESS WE hire another twenty-four hundred teachers right away build another twenty-five hundred classrooms raise more than a hundred million dollars to pay for them
2627
I’m living with LEUKEMIA
Leukemia — cancer of the blood and bone marrow — is a killer. Today, a new treatment is helping some victims to survive. Here a famous Canadian tells how this little-known discovery has kept him alive, and describes the hope it may hold for others
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How to live happily with an antique fanatic
My wife's mad about antiques. But don't feel sorry for me—I scour old barns for fresh discoveries and act as a pack mule, but I never pay more than twenty dollars for a gift that will make her forgive me for anything
June 41960
