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Tim Buck

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Buck, Tim 

Born Jan. 6,1891. Figure in the communist and workers’ movement of Canada.

Born in Great Britain, Buck immigrated to Canada in 1910. From 1910 to 1920 he was a metal craftsman, a worker in railroad shops, and a foreman in various cities of the USA and Canada. From 1921 to 1929 he was secretary of the Workers’ Unity League of Canada. In June 1921 he was one of the organizers of the Communist Party of Canada (CPC). From June 1929 to January 1962 he was general secretary of the Party. He was repeatedly subjected to arrest and imprisonment. From 1935 to 1943 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Comintern. Since January 1962 he has been president of the CPC.

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In Russian translation:
Tridtsat’ let kommunisticheskogo dvizheniia v Kanade (1922–52). Moscow, 1954.
Oktiabr’skaia revoliutsiia i kanadskoe rabochee dvizhenie. Moscow, 1957.
Nqsha bor’ba za Kanadu. Moscow, 1961.
Vliianie Velikoi Oktiabr’skoi revoliutsii na kanadskoe rabochee dvizhenie. Moscow, 1967.
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And it was only the quick-thinking of the Sussex club's doctor Tim Buck which saved the limb from being amputated as he twisted the player's dislocated ankle back in place to allow the blood to circulate to the foot.
FOOTBALL: Weakened Rugby bid for three points by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
And it was only the quick- thinking of the Sussex club's doctor Tim Buck which saved the limb from being amputated as he twisted the player's dislocated ankle back in place to allow the blood to circulate to the foot.
FOOTBALL: Adders honour battling Belford by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Belford, in the running for United's Player of the Year, could have needed an amputation but for the actions of Dr Tim Buck.
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