Word: canadas
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...acid rain is an insidious form of air pollution that is carried long distances before falling as rain and snow, there has been little cooperation between those who create the problem and those who suffer its consequences. That is changing. At a meeting in Ottawa last week, representatives of Canada and nine European nations* signed an agreement to reduce the sulfur dioxide that spews forth from industrial plants, a major cause of acid rain, by at least 30% before 1993. The "30% club," as the group was quickly dubbed, hopes to pressure other nations, principally the U.S., to adopt similar...
Acid rain has become a major point of contention between the U.S. and Canada. In February, the Canadian government sent a stiff letter of protest to Washington, accusing the U.S. of ignoring "principles contained in bilateral treaties directed at protecting the North American environment." The Reagan Administration insists that the huge outlays necessary to reduce sulfur-dioxide emissions significantly in the U.S. cannot be justified without further study. The U.S. last year spent $28.8 million on acid-rain research, and, if Congress approves, that will rise to $55.5 million this year. By contrast, Budget Director David Stockman puts the cost...
...series of Liberal debates over the next three months. Having avoided the press for nearly nine years, he was clearly anxious last week to fill in some of the gaps. He discussed his chairmanship of two troubled venture-capital companies and cited unemployment, rather than inflation, as Canada's "major economic and social problem." He also said he would seek to lower the country's $24 billion budget deficit, though not by slashing social welfare programs. As for those who promise such bromides as "new ideas" and "fresh approaches," Turner warned that "there's no quick...
...Star Woz, with veterans of that more modern epic creating special effects and producing the movie for Walt Disney. ("Toto, I really don't think we're in Kansas any more.") Dorothy will be played by Fairuza Balk, 9, a Vancouver schoolgirl who emigrated to Canada from her native California. There will be a host of new characters, including Tik Tok the robot and Billina the talking hen. Sounding already like a seasoned pro, Balk is not brought up short in the least by the prospect of filling Garland's ruby slippers. "I am Dorothy," she says...
...films they embellish. The lesson was resoundingly driven home with last year's Flashdance, whose album (4.9 million copies sold in the U.S.), hit singles like What a Feeling, and omnipresent videos helped turn a mediocre film into a sleeper success, grossing $97 million in the U.S. and Canada...