experience that has been bought with the sufferings of a hundred generations, all are garnered up for us in the world of books Calgary: Canadas Not-So-Wild Wes by David S. boyer THE WEST, for a century dirt-farm poor and ignored by the more industrialized eastern provinces of Ontario and Quebec that control Canada, has lately begun to sway the nations entire economic structure. And that has drawn the earnest attention of lots of eastern Canadians, who voice pride and concern Calgarys new high-rise banks and oil-company skyscrapers sandwiching the towers of investment and insurance compaines, are home base for a flamboyant collection of Canadian millionaires and big consortia and astronomical contracts, all representing incalculable consequences for s political future. The West has recently been hard hit by recession, but its continuing sense of power, centered inCalgary, stands in ongoing confrontation with the federal government atottawa over taxes and prices and freight rates and socialistic policies. For a century there has been alienation, and even talk of secession, though separatist sent iment has now receded. Zo The western dynamo shoots out sparks fromCalgary, by plane and phone and computer and satellite, every corner of the nation and, indeed, the world. And now Brian Sawyer was telling me how he perceives this hustling delirium of 620, 000 people and more than half as many cars, and their new houses and condos grazing out in all directions like the undisciplined herds of buffalo that once roamed these hills and prairies. Out the window over Brian's shoulder, as a stage back drop for this whole improbable scene, rose the serrated wall of theRockies, etched in snow and ice, jagged as a giant bread knife along the western horizon Nobody can claim credit or take the blame,the chief was saying." This city just exploded. We didnt know what hit us Yes, crime did go up faster even than the population -crime and drinking and divorce and de. For ten years we averaged 58 new Calgarians a day-an inundation of money-hungry people from everywhere. What can you expect when strangers pile in on each other like that? You can see for ourself what we had here. Uncontrolled growth. It has all cooled down now-including, I m happy to say, the crime. Our timetable has been stretched out, but we could still be the protot ype 2lst-century city of the planet. The slowdown meanwhile, is making the place more manageable and more livable. Words! Words! Words It Works. These words may be the final judgment on a missile project or a plan to inerease the efficiency of a labor group or could be the happy answer to the pro ject that proved too complicated for father to assemble. They also may describe what goes on when the right mixture is put away in sealed bottles or jugs. Some earn their living at a boiler works and it is the works that make a watch Most people work for a living, but what teenager hasn worked on his dad for the use of the And a boat will work its way through an ice field or an army through a swamp or heavyexperience that has been bought with the sufferings of a hundred generations, all are garnered up for us in the world of books.  Calgary:Canada's Not-So-Wild West by David S. Boyer THE WEST, for a century dirt-farm poor and ignored by the more industrialized eastern provinces of Ontario and Quebec that control Canada, has lately begun to sway the nation's entire economic structure. And that has drawn the earnest attention of lots of eastern Canadians, who voice pride and concern.  Calgary's new high-rise banks and oil-company skyscrapers, sandwiching the towers of investment and insurance compaines, are home base for a flamboyant collection of Canadian millionaires and big consortia and astronomical contracts, all representing incalculable consequences forCanada's political future. The West has recently been hard hit by recession, but its continuing sense of power, centered inCalgary, stands in ongoing confrontation with the federal government atOttawa, over taxes and prices and freight rates and socialistic policies. For a century there has been alienation, and even talk of secession, though separatist sentiment has now receded.  The western dynamo shoots out sparks fromCalgary, by plane and phone and computer and satellite, to every corner of the nation and, indeed, the world. And now Brian Sawyer was telling me how he perceives this hustling delirium of 620,000 people and more than half as many cars, and their new houses and condos grazing out in all directions like the undisciplined herds of buffalo that once roamed these hills and prairies.  Out the window over Brian's shoulder, as a stage back drop for this whole improbable scene, rose the serrated wall of theRockies, etched in snow and ice, jagged as a giant bread knife along the western horizon.  "Nobody can claim credit or take the blame, "the chief was saying." This city just exploded. We didn't know what hit us."  "Yes, crime did go up faster even than the population —crime and drinking and divorce and suicide. For ten years we averaged 58 new Calgarians a day—an inundation of money-hungry people from everywhere. What can you expect when strangers pile in on each other like that? You can see for yourself what we had here. Uncontrolled growth."  "It has all cooled down now—including, I'm happy to say, the crime. Our timetable has been stretched out, but we could still be the prototype 21st-century city of the planet. The slowdown, meanwhile, is making the place more manageable and more livable."  Words! Words! Words! "It Works." These words may be the final judgment on a missile project or a plan to inerease the efficiency of a labor group or could be the happy answer to the project that proved too complicated for father to assemble. They also may describe what goes on when the right mixture is put away in sealed bottles or jugs. Some earn their living at a boiler "works" and it is the "works" that make a watch tick. Most people work for a living, but what teenager hasn't "worked" on his dad for the use of the car. And a boat will work its way through an ice field or an army through a swamp or heavy going