Word: alberta
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...Heating-oil users are also benefiting from the fuel's competition with natural gas, which currently is in abundant supply in the U.S. Possibly adding to the gas glut is the Canadian government's decision in July to stimulate exports. Last week a leading exporter, Pan-Alberta Gas, announced that it would reduce prices to some U.S. utilities by as much...
...They look more alive than dead." I So said Physical Anthropologist Owen Beattie last week of the three British sailors he and his colleagues at the University of Alberta had dug out from Arctic permafrost. Buried in 1846, the corpses are in flawless condition, down to the 19th century outfits and funeral head wrappings. The hands of one of the corpses, says Beattie, are long and delicate, like a pianist's. Petty Officer John Torrington, 20, left, Able Seaman John Hartnell, 25, and Royal Marine William Braine, 34, died after the two ships of Sir John Franklin...
...party leadership in 1976. He barnstormed the country, flying by private jet and giving lavish lunches for party regulars. Many Tories, however, were uncomfortable with Mulroney's slick style and free-spending ways. At the convention, he was shoved aside in favor of another candidate, Joe Clark of Alberta...
Transworld International, which represented the Ivy League, is a recognized leader in the sports television industry. It represented the city of Calgary, Alberta in negotiations for rights to broadcast the 1968 Winter Olympics. The $309 million contract with ABC was the largest television sports contract ever signed. Transworld is currently representing Seoul, South Korea, which will host the 1968 Summer Olympics in similar negotiations...
Transworld International, which represented the Ivy League, is a recognized leader in the sports television industry. It represented the city of Calgary, Alberta in negotiations for rights to broadcast the 1968 Winter Olympics. The $309 million contract with ABC was the largest television sports contract ever signed. Transworld is currently representing Seoul, South Korea, which will host the 1968 Summer Olympics in similar negotiations...