Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Economic experts in other countries, notably Canada and Britain, wryly point out that they have faced similar and even proportionately larger tides of foreign investment without losing control of their national destiny. Says Economist Alan Rugman of the C.D. Howe Institute, a leading Canadian think tank: "We in Canada have much more foreign ownership than the U.S. will ever have, and we're one of the wealthiest countries in the world as a result." Even so, Canada has suffered through prolonged bouts of unhappiness concerning foreign influence within its $379.3 billion economy and has occasionally lashed back at foreign investors...
DESCRIPTION: Foreign investment in 1980 & 1986 by Switzerland, West Germany, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Britain...
Last week Mitterrand and French Premier Jacques Chirac took up the battle in Quebec City at the Second Annual Francophone Summit. The meeting brought together representatives of 38 countries that use French as a primary or secondary language, including Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and former French colonies in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific. While the concept of a union of French-speaking communities was developed 20 years ago, not until last year did Paris acknowledge its dependence on this fraternity to bolster the mother tongue by convening the first such summit in Paris. This time around, the French...
...which four people can complete 25 basic jobs, from vacuuming and dusting to changing linens and washing windows, in less than an hour. Average charge: $55. Maids International teams working for 197 franchises now clean more than 10,000 homes in 33 states, the District of Columbia and Canada every month...
...gyms for larger-size women, was started three years ago by Sharlyne Powell and Sharon McConnell, two athletic women of ample proportions themselves. Both had felt uncomfortable taking aerobics classes full of skinny people and being taught by equally slender instructors. At the ten Women at Large salons, from Canada to Tennessee, customers are encouraged to relax and think positive. Clients weigh an average of 175 lbs., and the instructors are equally full framed. Each Women at Large gym sells a line of stylish leotards and leg warmers in hot pink and other fashionable colors. The sizes, of course...