Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some have even suggested, along with Economist Alfred Telia, that a national lottery be established, patterned on that of Canada, to battle the federal deficit. "It's inevitable," says Samuel Valenza Jr., publisher of Lottery Players Magazine. "Lotteries will sweep the country." Others may be less exuberant, but there is no doubt that for the moment, the stakes are indeed sweeping...
...water sculptures. The fair has permanently opened up 4,000 ft. of riverfront that had become inaccessible to the city. Tall ships and small, paddle wheelers and naval vessels will tie up there during the summer. Most of the exhibitions, including those of the U.S., China, France, Egypt, Canada, Korea and the Mississippi states, feature water-related history, culture and technology. The water theme has provided a natural cue-if one is needed-for an Aquacade, styled after Billy Rose's hit of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The most popular attraction for children...
...Corporal Denis Lortie, 25, a supply technician attached to a Canadian Armed Forces installation near Ottawa. Canadian authorities have not speculated on Lortie's motives. But the tape left by the man at CJRP threatened to "destroy" the provincial government, which has espoused separation from the rest of Canada. The recording railed against the ruling Parti Québécois 's pro-French language policies, declaring: "I [have] waited for just the right moment. It's at hand now. The government will be destroyed...
...army man myself." Jalbert took him to his downstairs office, where, four hours later, a Quebec police negotiator persuaded Lortie by telephone to surrender. (He later pleaded not guilty to three charges of first-degree murder.) Declared Jalbert modestly: "Every sergeant at arms across Canada would have done the same thing...
Approximately 100 athletes from Czechoslovakia, Canada, Iraq, and Cameroon will live under tight security at Quincy House from July 14 until the games end on August...