Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...boxing skills left the most chauvinistic ticket holders gape-mouthed." Equally awed were the millions who saw the fight on pay-per-view. For days afterward, conversations about the Tyson fight invariably segued toward the women. Christy Martin has become an overnight sensation. "We've had calls from Japan, Canada and Regis and Kathie Lee," says Jim Martin, her husband and trainer. "Playboy wants her too, but we ain't taking our clothes...
...HELMS-BURTON ACT, IMPOSING EVEN harsher trade sanctions on Cuba, is draconian legislation. In proposing it, Senator Jesse Helms self-righteously stated that Canadians should be ashamed of themselves for cooperating with the Castro regime. Let's set the record straight. Canada entered the fight against tyranny in World Wars I and II long before the U.S. did. As for aiding and abetting tyranny, the U.S.--not Canada--has supported such despots as Batista in Cuba, Papa Doc in Haiti, Somoza in Nicaragua and Pinochet in Chile, plus others elsewhere around the globe. The list goes on and on. Enough...
...have seemed faintly barbarous. The big show that opened in Paris last month--drawings and prints at the Bibliotheque Nationale, 163 paintings at the Grand Palais--marking the 200th anniversary of Corot's birth, is unlikely to bring that feeling back. (It travels to Ottawa's National Gallery of Canada in the summer and to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art in the fall.) But it's worth seeing, since though Corot may not be as good as people once thought, he's much better than we now tend to suppose...
...adds. Dayton employees could return to work as early as the second shift tomorrow, and assembly plants could re-open beginning on Monday. The strike shut down all but three of GM's North American assembly plants, as well as 18 parts plants in the United States, Mexico and Canada...
...though, he has turned his back on the good life to concentrate on Edmonton, training and nursing a slightly injured ankle. The field he faces is closely competitive. Canada's Elvis Stojko just landed a quadruple jump in a Paris competition. Russia's Alexei Urmanov raises competency to genius level with his reliable if bland programs. America's Todd Eldredge is a deeply experienced skater with a high jump. What Galindo brings to the party is artistry. As Shelley says, "What Rudy has in his favor is a better line and more interesting programs, plus a fantastic sense of revolution...