Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...light. Atwood once described herself in an interview as a "de facto feminist," taking the position that every intelligent woman is a feminist--but she can also argue from the standpoint of a crusader for women's rights, a poet, a novelist, a pioneering critic of Canadian literature, a Canadian nationalist, and an Amnesty International activist. The essays in Second Words emanate from all these Atwoods. But the tone and approach of each essay strikes one note over and over again--the personal. She remains determinedly anecdotal, specific, and sardonic throughout: on Canadian poets, on Canadian-American relations...
...eleven new victims first in Florida and then as he fled to Nevada and back to the Northeast; after being shot twice, possibly with his own gun, during a struggle that occurred when two state policemen confronted him at a gas station; in Colebrook, N.H., ten miles from the Canadian border...
...nations* signed an agreement to reduce the sulfur dioxide that spews forth from industrial plants, a major cause of acid rain, by at least 30% before 1993. The "30% club," as the group was quickly dubbed, hopes to pressure other nations, principally the U.S., to adopt similar controls. Said Canadian Environment Minister Charles Caccia: "You can't continue to dump on us the garbage that you are producing on your own property...
Acid rain has become a major point of contention between the U.S. and Canada. In February, the Canadian government sent a stiff letter of protest to Washington, accusing the U.S. of ignoring "principles contained in bilateral treaties directed at protecting the North American environment." The Reagan Administration insists that the huge outlays necessary to reduce sulfur-dioxide emissions significantly in the U.S. cannot be justified without further study. The U.S. last year spent $28.8 million on acid-rain research, and, if Congress approves, that will rise to $55.5 million this year. By contrast, Budget Director David Stockman puts the cost...
Gulf headily rejected the bid, figuring it could get more on the market once it carried through its plans to dump its Canadian subsidiary and reorganize its refining and marketing...