Word: alberta
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...ancient water hole called Taima-Taima in northern Venezuela became the deathbed of a young mastodon -- killed, apparently, by some of the first Americans. The site, excavated by Alan Bryan and Ruth Gruhn of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, appeared to contain 13,000-year-old mastodon bones, one of them embedded with a pointed stone projectile. Mixed in were stone tools and rounded pebbles that could have been made only by humans. Some archaeologists, however, believe the artifacts found at Taima-Taima became interspersed with the mastodon bones as the water level in the hole rose...
...midst of Russia's crisis, TIME contributor Hugh Sidey talked with Richard Nixon, and contributor Christopher Ogden interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev, who was on a visit to Calgary, Alberta...
Richard T. Greener, Charlotte Hawkins Brown and Alberta V. Scott are honored as symbols of education and social reforms. Franklin H. Wright is chosen as an example of 20th century political activism...
...immediate hope is that federal money, finally earmarked last week, will help the nine children who have been evacuated get treatment for solvents abuse. Five others, accompanied by family members and interpreters, will follow them to a native-run facility in Alberta. The Innu band council will also seek a treatment center within the village itself. Beyond that, the people of Davis Inlet will take up a new government offer for eventual relocation on the Labrador mainland, probably at Sango, about 11 miles to the west, where there is an ample water supply and the possibility of jobs...
...perennial constitutional issue has been swept off the table. The compromise proposal, supported strongly by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, lost by a nationwide vote of 54% to 45%; it was rejected in six of the 10 provinces, including Quebec. That, noted Brian Falesky, a lawyer in Calgary, Alberta, "was the first time Canadians became passionate about the destiny of the country since World War II. Sure, there was divergence on issues. People rejected the package, but they emphatically didn't reject Canada...