Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...genius to a lout (Mozart, as Shaffer conceives his character), and his assignment of mediocrity to someone who is eminently deserving (the devout Salieri). But the biggest obstacle is Mozart, whose very name intimidates many moviegoers. The picture has prospered anyway, grossing $34 million in the U.S. and Canada even before the awards...
...Italians doubted that, given the U.S. lead in technology, they would have much to contribute, while the Norwegians said they would prefer to devote their limited resources to conventional defense. In the Pacific, Australia turned down the offer, and Japan said delicately that the plan would be "carefully studied." Canada's Prime Minister Brian Mulroney described his enthusiasm for the idea as "restrained." Though some of the doubts may fade by the time the U.S. spells out exactly what it is talking about, the initial reactions were less than enthusiastic...
...deal with these problems, Mulroney has made it clear that Canada must improve political and economic relations with its neighbor to the south. He and other members of his government see it as an inescapable fact of Canadian life that while the U.S., which sends the country 20% of its exports, needs Canada, Canada, which ships to the U.S. 76% of its exports, needs the U.S. even more. Canada must have assured access to U.S. markets and U.S. investment capital. "Canada," Mulroney has said, "simply does not have the capital to create the jobs it needs...
...talkative guy who tells it like it is, who grabs for gusto, who damns the torpedoes and plunges full speed ahead. He is a high- strung, stand-up guy, the consummate can-do guy, a guy who enjoys spending time in the company of other guys: duck hunting in Canada, drinking Scotch with Frank Sinatra at Manhattan's "21" Club, hanging around the Yankee dugout during spring training...
...Bloomfield Hills one night recently, the main course was pasta in a tomato-and-duck sauce. The cook, Peggy Johnson, is Iacocca's fiancee; they became engaged in December. "Lido," explained Johnson, 34, "shot the ducks in Canada last fall." Across the table, he smiled. "Yeah, she called me up today to ask a little advice on the meal." Her comeback is quick, Iacocca- style. "I called you up to find out what the hell to do with these birds." The couple met in 1982 in the offices of the Statue of Liberty Commission where Johnson, a flight attendant...