Word: canadas
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...subject of Brian Moore's 15th novel is the collision of Jesuits and Indians in 17th century North America, a story of hardship, faith and incompatibility. The Algonquin and Huron of what is now Canada regarded the priests as black-robed sorcerers overly concerned with death and water magic. The French missionaries saw "les Sauvages" as beastly innocents fated to burn in hell if they escaped baptism. Heaven was a hard sell because the Indians had no strong ideas about souls and paradise. As one of Moore's intractable red men puts it, "It is because you Normans are deaf...
TIME's guest journalists were relieved to learn that there was little resentment in Washington over Canada's $20.4 billion trade surplus with the U.S., largely because the government of Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is perceived to be opening the country to increased U.S. investment. Said Alfred Powis, chairman of the giant resources company Noranda Inc.: "Whoever is in charge (in Washington) isn't spending a whole lot of time worrying about Canada, and that's all to the good...
...foreign policies, amid some jovial byplay between Hart and Biden on the approaching 1988 presidential campaign. After a vigorous exchange on policy, several of the visitors expressed surprise at how prominent an issue defense was in the U.S. Said Rowland C. Frazee, chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada: "I could go to a similar group in Canada and the subject would hardly be mentioned...
...have the chance to talk firsthand with so many U.S. policymakers. "Learning what makes a political system go, and what the concerns are, has to be of value," said Warren Chippindale, chairman of Coopers & Lybrand. "We saw a lot of people who have clout." John Stoik, president of Gulf Canada Ltd., seemed to speak for many of his colleagues when he said, "I never have had very much exposure to the Government in this country, and I have been very, very impressed with the quality of the people." And, in turn, the Americans were impressed by the sophisticated world view...
...crucial funding votes in Congress in the weeks after the arms talks resume in Geneva. Without congressional approval of the MX, argued Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, "the Soviets have little incentive to negotiate seriously." Complains Georgi Arbatov, director of Moscow's Institute for the Study of the U.S.A. and Canada: "It looks more and more as if the new negotiations are being used by the Reagan Administration merely to get more money from Congress for its military programs...