Rush: A Canadian Rush
Deborah Frost, Circus, 14 February 1977
A SUBTERRANEAN VOICE growls across the phone wires, hesitates, and growls again – this time more softly. Canadian telephone service might be different, but it's not supposed to be that foreign.
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