Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unlike other Harvard Square musicians, Diegodoesn't consider the Square his home, but rather astop on his world tour. Born in Haiti, he roamsthe globe spreading his music and joie de vivreyear round. "Oh, Canada, Europe, and now here Iam," he chuckles, "I mean, when people used to sayto me, `Where do you live, where do you comefrom?' and I always say to them, `I'm from earth.'Where do you live, I live on earth. I don't havejust one place...
...Jewish refugee from Romania, Wisse attended an officially Protestant high school, going to the mandatory Christmas assemblies and saying the Lord's Prayer every morning. Yet the Montreal of her youth was also a Yiddish cultural mecca, after Jewish immigrants settled in Canada in the 1920s and again after World...
Perhaps the most revealing accusations against them involve Loewen, the Canada-based funeral-home chain that sought the pastor's help to sell its burial services through convention churches. Prosecutors say Lyons persuaded Loewen to make contributions to several convention causes and then diverted the money into his own pocket. Lyons and Edwards also allegedly went to Loewen in 1995 after the company lost a bankrupting $500 million civil suit in Mississippi and said they could get the verdict reversed for $2 million. In January 1996 Loewen settled for $175 million. Lyons and Edwards then called to scold Loewen...
...death of Princess Diana. The chartered jet carrying Charles and Harry touched down at Vancouver's airport under threatening skies Monday evening. The royal party headed quickly to a hotel, but first greeted a waiting crowd -- and Harry, 13, accepted several red roses from young girls. William flew to Canada on a separate commercial flight. (He is not allowed to use the same aircraft as his father because he is second behind Charles as heir to the British throne...
...fans into movie theaters. Her rise has been rocket-fueled. She was born and raised in Guelph, Ont. Her father, a high school drama teacher, and her mother, who ran a dinner theater, divorced when Neve was young. At age 9 she joined the National Ballet School of Canada; at 14 she dropped out of school to join the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera; a few years later she moved to L.A. and was cast in Party of Five. "This new wave of talent is all- consuming in Hollywood right now," says Cathy Konrad, who produced...