Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading from the airport into Vancouver boast IT'S OUR YEAR! C'EST NOTRE ANNEE! And so it is, in English, French and just about every other language of the globe. Surrounded on one side by snowcapped mountains, on the other by chill Pacific waters, the San Francisco of Canada, as it is often called, now has an additional adornment, a world's fair. Open since the beginning of the month, Expo 86 is already a success by the most firmly pedestrian standard: crowds are standing in line to love...
...comments were the first government response to an outcry that included condemnations from the United States and Britain, which have resisted international attempts to impose tough economic sanctions on South Africa. Canada recalled its ambassador for consultations...
...summit started with a bang. During a series of welcoming ceremonies for the leaders (from the U.S., Britain, France, West Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada) at Akasaka Palace, five homemade missiles fired from crude tubes in an apartment window nearby sailed over their target and fell harmlessly to earth. The summiteers were hardly fazed. When asked if he was disturbed by the rockets, Reagan quipped, "No, they missed...
...Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, whose country has the closest economic and emotional ties to its former colony Libya, was perhaps the most reluctant to go along. While Craxi eventually conceded, his bitter pill of support was sugared by an agreement to add Italy, as well as Canada, to the regular sessions that have been held by the finance ministers of the five other nations...
...CANADA. In a startling discovery, health officials found that Ottawa rains carried six times as much radioactive iodine as is considered acceptable for drinking water. But experts said the finding posed no danger to Canadians, since standards are based on the risks over a lifetime's exposure. Meanwhile, federal officials have required all shipments of European fruit, vegetables and herbs to be held and tested. Canada also warned travelers to Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and parts of the Mediterranean to wash all fruit and vegetables and avoid drinking fresh milk...