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	Gordon Sinclair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gordon Allan Sinclair, OC, FRGS (June 3, 1900 – May 17, 1984) was a Canadian radio journalist and commentator.
		In 1942, Sinclair submitted a number of brief radio reports to Toronto radio station CFRB, the station he would be associated with for the remainder of his career.
		Sinclair's eldest son, Gordon Sinclair, Jr., was also a radio journalist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_Sinclair (428 words)

	Gordon Sinclair (1900-1984)
		This editorial was broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair on 5 June 1973 as the United States was withdrawing from Vietnam.
		Gordon Sinclair was a loveable, hateable, curmudgeon, and an icon of Canadian radio, television and news for many, many years.
		Gordon died 17 May 1984 in Etobicoke, at the age of 83.
	sinclair.quarterman.org /sinclair/who/gordon.html (1002 words)

	Gordon Sinclair -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gordon Allan Sinclair (additional info and facts about OC) OC (June 3, 1900-May 17, 1984) was a (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian radio journalist and commentator.
		In 1942, Sinclair submitted a number of brief radio reports to Toronto radio station (additional info and facts about CFRB) CFRB, the station he would be associated with for the remainder of his career.
		In 1981, when (40th President of the United States (1911-)) Ronald Reagan made his first state visit to Canada, he praised Sinclair as a figure who had given the United States a wonderful and inspiring tribute in one of its darkest hours.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/go/gordon_sinclair.htm (513 words)

	Backgound of "The Americans" by Gordon Sinclair
		Gordon Sinclair could not have written a book that could have had a greater impact in the world than his two-page script for THE AMERICANS.
		Sinclair's recording of his own work (to which Avco had added a stirring rendition of THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC) did finally reach record stores, and sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but the potential numbers were depressed by the sale of the infringing record.
		Gordon Sinclair received invitations to attend and be honoured at many functions in the United States which, by number and due to family health problems at the time, he had to decline.
	members.shaw.ca /jlwigbol/RecentEventsJWSinclair.htm (1098 words)

	Taste of Life - Travel, Restaurants, Recipes and Specialty Products
		Gordon's cuisine is known for its bold flavors and sparkling combinations like, freshwater prawns with ginger-grapefruit and sauterne or foie gras and rhubarb.
		Mich., Gordon Sinclair graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in economics.
		Sinclair moved to New York City in 1970 to work for a consulting firm and later an international advertising agency, where he led the public relations effort for the U.S. Defense Department's campaign to replace conscription with voluntary service in the Armed Forces.
	www.tasteoflife.com /gordon.html (517 words)

	Gordon Sinclair: A Life ... and Then Some. by Andrew Cohen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the course of a peripatetic career, Gordon Allan Sinclair interviewed Hitler, Gandhi, and Mao Tse-tung; swam the Ganges in India; rose with hobos in England; watched cannibals in Guinea; unearthed bodies in Pakistan; described natural disasters, religious rituals, and human tragedies.
		From the time Sinclair landed a job on the "Toronto Staro in 1922, he was a natural newshound.
		Sinclair was an unfaithful husband, an abusive father, a mercurial friend.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/701/sinclair12.html (850 words)

	Nation's Restaurant News: Sinclair: no-shows must pay the price: talks with Am Ex to impose fee for failure to cancel ...
		Sinclair, who operates Gordon in Chicago and Sinclair's in Jupiter Beach, Fla., has asked American Express to allow him to charge penalty fees to the accounts of cardholders who do not honor reservations.
		Sinclair said he believes that restaurants should be entitled to the same privelege that is accorded to hotels, permitting them to charge no-shows for reserved rooms.
		Sinclair, who has been negotiating with American Express for about nine months, wants to be able to charge no-shows a fee between $15 and $25 if they fail to cancel a reservation within a specified time period.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n31_v22/ai_6551456 (461 words)

	The Americans
		On June 5 1973 popular Canadian journalist Gordon Sinclair decided he'd had enough of anti-American criticism that was everywhere at the time and dashed off a two-page editorial defending the USA against its many critics.
		Gordon Sinclair died in 1984, but he will long be remembered as a great friend of America.
		Gordon Sinclair (1900-1984) was a popular Canadian journalist and television personality.
	www.catholiceducation.org /links/jump.cgi?ID=3164 (594 words)

	terra \| America Attacked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sinclair wrote and broadcast his comments from radio station CFRB in Toronto, Canada, months after an exhausted and cash-strapped United States signed the Paris Peace Accord and ended its futile, 10-year struggle in Vietnam.
		Sinclair’s simple yet touching essay has proved to be timeless, finding its way back into the consciousness of the United States and Canada more than once in recent years.
		In 1984, upon the death of Sinclair, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan said, "I know I speak for all Americans in saying the radio editorial Gordon wrote in 1973 praising the accomplishments of the United States was a wonderful inspiration.
	www.terra.com /specials/attack/articulo/html/new16320.htm (1982 words)

	Gordon J. Sinclair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gordon received " a "Performing and Creative Arts Award, Visual Arts, City of Edmonton" for "outstanding contributions to the cultural life of Edmonton.
		In 1942, Sinclair represented the A.S.A. at the organizational meeting of the Federation of Canadian Artists, forerunner of the Canada Council.
		Sinclair was also a member of the Edmonton Art Club.
	www.artists-society.ab.ca /sinclair.html (139 words)

	Nation's Restaurant News: Gordon's Sinclair to shutter Chicago landmark restaurant - Gordon Sinclair - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CHICAGO -- Gordon Sinclair is planning to close or sell his acclaimed namesake restaurant, Gordon, after nearly 24 years, following service of what he is calling "the last great meal of the century" on New Year's Eve.
		Gordon has survived many chef changes and the openings of countless competitors, and he has won many honors for excellence.
		Sinclair helped many young chefs gain valuable experience in his restaurants, including Chicago restaurateur Charlie Trotter of Charlie Trotter's; Norman Van Aken of Norman's in Coral Gables, Fla.; and Michael Kornick of MK in Chicago.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_40_33/ai_56082278 (450 words)

	The Big Interview: John Gordon Sinclair \| London Theatre Guide
		Sinclair’s character Martin is a particularly interesting fellow: a world expert on London buses he is ever so slightly obsessed with them and has a penchant for planning everything he does to the very last detail.
		Since getting his big break, Sinclair has been in the line of journalistic fire for two full decades and must have been asked almost everything there is to be asked - favourite film, favourite colour, favourite breed of fungi - but he still has no problem sitting down to chat about the same old things.
		Sinclair is a grounded performer with very down to earth views on the world.
	www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk /news/display/cm/contentId/78060 (1648 words)

	The Good Americans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gordon Sinclair's greatest achievement was his CFRB LET'S BE PERSONAL broadcast of June 5, 1973 - a broadcast which echoed around the world and which history will record as one of the most respected tributes from Canada to the people of the United States of America.
		Gordon Sinclair received many honours and awards from governors of several U.S. states, including being made an honourary citizen of North Carolina.
		An electronic version of "The Americans,'' which was originally broadcast by the late Canadian journalist Gordon Sinclair, was e-mailed under the guise of a recent editorial -- despite the fact Sinclair died in 1984 and wrote the script in 1973, toward the end of the Vietnam War.
	www.joopdog.com /GordonSinclair_TheAmericans.htm (3788 words)

	Brian Gordon Sinclair - Home Page
		Brian Gordon Sinclair, author of Hemingway On Stage, is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and holds a Master of Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Denver.
		Sinclair is currently writing a five-play series, Hemingway on Stage, the first three plays of which have premiered at the Hemingway Days Festival in Key West, Florida.
		Sinclair is a proud dual citizen of Ireland and Canada.
	www.briangordonsinclair.com (172 words)

	Gordon Sinclair
		Radio Broadcaster Gordon Sinclair was a colorful figure in 20th-century Canadian radio journalism.
		For over 40 years he produced a daily radio series called "Let's Be Personal;" he gained a reputation for "telling it like it is" and became a familiar figure to millions of listeners.
		Sinclair is especially remembered for a broadcast he made praising the United States on June 5, 1973.
	www.cityofjoliet.com /gsinclair.htm (96 words)

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		Gordon Sinclair, one of Canada's most respected broadcasters, had some thoughts concerning his American neighbors.
		As they were finalizing a contract that would see all royalties which would normally be due Gordon Sinclair be paid (at his request) to the American Red Cross.
		Gordon Sinclair reminded us to take pride in our nation's fundamental values." Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau: "Gordon Sinclair's death ends one of the longest and most remarkable careers in Canadian Journalism.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Academy/3225/Country/Tex_Ritter/The_Americans-A_Canadians_View.txt (1909 words)

	The Americans ~ Gordon Sinclair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On June 5 1973, Canadian radio commentator Gordon Sinclair decided he'd had enough of the stream of criticism and negative press recently directed at the United States of America by foreign journalists (primarily over America's long military involvement in Vietnam, which had ended with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords six months earlier).
		When he arrived at radio station CFRB in Toronto that morning, he spent twenty minutes dashing off a two-page editorial defending the USA against its carping critics which he then delivered in a defiant, indignant tone during his "Let's Be Personal" spot at 11:45 AM that day.
		Sinclair passed away in 1984, but he will long be remembered on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, both for his contributions to journalism, and for his loudly proclaiming what no one else at the time would stand up and say.
	castlescribe.hispeed.com /fam/remember/gsinclair.html (633 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		First Gordon Sinclair died over 15 years ago and he was no moron but a brilliant and talented newsman.
		Sinclair was actually made into a recording with background music and sold thousands of copies.
		The American Red Cross receivedmillions of dollars in royalties, and Gordon Sinclair was present at a specialceremony acknowledging his donation.Advertisersusing print media contacted CFRB for permission to publish the text in anon-commercial manner; industrial plants asked for the right to print thescript in leaflet form to handout to their employees.
	hubcap.clemson.edu /~demccor/supra/gordon.txt (2515 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sinclair's son, Gordon Sinclair Jr., said Friday he has been inundated with e-mail about his father's words.
		Sinclair wrote the piece and read it on the radio after hearing reports that the American Red Cross was facing financial collapse.
		Later, Sinclair made a record of "The Americans," reciting it with the "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" playing in the background.
	www.stopgettingsick.com /template.cfm-3978?print=1 (349 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Sinclair, Gordon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The late radio veteran Gordon Sinclair recorded on record, "The Americans", which was a commentary piece about our misunderstood neighbours to the south.
		The segment was extracted from a broadcast he had made on his radio show 'Let's Be Personal' on CFRB Radio.
		In the aftermath of the World Trade Center/Pentagon bombings in September 2001, the late Gordon Sinclair's 30 year-old commentary (which is now part of the Congressional Record) has once again stirred the American masses.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/S/Sinclair_Gordon.html (186 words)

	Urban Legend Zeitgeist: The Good Neighbor
		Canadian commentator Gordon Sinclair wrote a stirring panegyric to the United States of America.
		In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Canadian radio commentator Gordon Sinclair broadcast a piece praising American generosity and ingenuity on June 5, 1973.
		Sinclair's praise has been reprinted and rebroadcast in many different media many, many times since.
	tafkac.org /ulz/sinclair.html (374 words)

	Selections from Gordon Sinclair at conservativeforum.org
		Sinclair roved over most of the world as a reporter for the Toronto Star from 1922-1942.
		His popular Let's Be Personal radio show launched in 1942 and when the Star gave him an ultimatum - newspaper or radio - one of Canada's most enduring broadcasting careers was solidified.
		Sinclair later worked in television as well, notably as a regular panelist on the Front Page Challenge show, and wrote eight books.
	www.conservativeforum.org /authquot.asp?ID=1743 (309 words)

	Gordon Sinclair: Canadian Journalist & author of "The Americans"
		Received the Order of Canada, which is presented to a limited number of Canadians who exemplify the highest qualities of citizenship and whose contributions enrich the lives of their contemporaries.
		There is a Gordon Sinclair Award given to journalists that have outspoken opinions and integrity in broadcasting.
		This was actually written at the end of the Viet Nam war by Gordon Sinclair.
	www.canadianaconnection.com /cca/gordonsinclair.htm (354 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (The Americans)
		After Sinclair's editorial was rebroadcast by a few American radio stations, it spread like wildfire all over the country.
		It was played again and again (often superimposed over a piece of inspirational music such as "Battle Hymn of the Republic" or "Bridge Over Troubled Water"), read into the Congressional Record multiple times, and finally released on a record (titled "The Americans"), with all royalties donated to the American Red Cross.
		Sinclair passed away in 1984, but he will long be remembered on both sides of the
	www.snopes.com /politics/quotes/sinclair.asp (824 words)

	America: The Good Neighbor - BreakTheChain.org
		Canadian radio personality Gordon Sinclair wrote "The Good Neighbor" in 1973 and read it on Canada's CFRB radio.
		Fast-forward 28 years to a time when the United States is once again stunned by a powerful "slap in the face" that some people around the globe feel was somehow justified.
		This one was just the first in a long line of essays in which an international authority stood by our side while the rest of the world seemed to be turning their backs on us.
	www.breakthechain.org /exclusives/americans.html (907 words)

	DR1 Forums - GORDON SINCLAIR THING!!
		TORONTO (Reuters) - Words of praise for the United States spoken nearly 30 years ago by a Canadian broadcaster flew around the Internet on Thursday, fooling but providing comfort for the many who thought it was penned in response to Tuesday's attacks by hijacked airliners.
		Sinclair said: ``I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble.
		Canadian broadcast journalist Betty Kennedy, who was a friend of Sinclair's, told Reuters he wrote the radio speech in response to reports that the American Red Cross (news - web sites) was on the verge of bankruptcy.
	www.dr1.com /forums/printthread.php?t=13420 (516 words)

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