Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...controversy to excite passions in a NATO country that is thousands of miles from the planned deployment sites. But, as Vice President George Bush learned during a 14-hour visit to Ottawa last week, the decision to deploy missiles in Europe has become a highly emotional issue in Canada, too. Although Bush had come prepared to talk about bilateral problems ranging from trade to tourism, the nuclear debate overshadowed all other matters. Demonstrators spattered the Vice President's limousine with eggs as he headed for an appointment with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Standing...
...soil, but he told the Vice President bluntly that the full Cabinet had not yet given its consent to the project. Eager to defuse any tension, Bush later declared that President Reagan has "a driving, motivated desire" to achieve strategic arms reductions with the Soviets. He also acknowledged that Canada's agreement with the U.S. did not specifically obligate Canada to aid in the cruise tests. But the U.S., said Bush, "made no secret of our hope" that the Canadians would eventually give their permission...
...wasteland made it similar to Siberia and thus a suitable proving ground for the missile's sophisticated terrain-reading equipment. Trudeau tentatively agreed to the proposal. But the news was leaked to a Canadian reporter in Washington, and it ended up on the front page of newspapers across Canada. In the uproar that followed, Trudeau hastily denied any binding commitment to the cruise decision...
Last week that disputed admission caught up with her: a Los Angeles grand jury indicted Smith for murder and 13 counts of administering a dangerous drug. On Friday night, Smith, a Canadian citizen, surrendered to police in Toronto. Her extradition battle could keep her in Canada at least until June...
...Hext" was dismissed from Shippensburg March 10, and authorities have since discovered documents indicating that the man had assumed 13, false identities in Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United States...