Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result, in large part, of lavish trades and draft picks, and canny free-agent signings. Wilson gave a free hand and an open ! checkbook to Polian and coach Marv Levy, 60, now in his third year with the Bills after spells in the U.S. Football League and the Canadian Football League. The result: 15 of 22 starters are top-round draft picks. Building around veteran All-Pro nose tackle, 285-lb. Fred Smerlas, Buffalo has structured the A.F.C.'s best defense. They have held opponents to just one touchdown in the past four games and have allowed the fewest total...
...pack of imitators. Whether that story will repeat itself in the U.S. remains to be seen. The Asian imports have sold well at West Coast bars and restaurants that cater to connoisseurs of Japanese cuisine, but so far are lagging behind the ever popular Dutch, West German and Canadian brews...
Mulroney had just emerged from the most emotional and vituperative election campaign in Canadian memory -- a battle that at one point it seemed he might lose. Mulroney's Conservatives were returned to power, taking 169 seats in the 295-seat House of Commons. The opposition Liberals, led by former Prime Minister John Turner, 59, won 83 seats, while the New Democrats, under Edward Broadbent, 52, gained...
...Canadian terms, the election reflects a maturing sense of identity, which for more than a century has been defined in large measure by a rejection of closer economic ties with a more populous (246 million, vs. 26 million), richer and more assertive neighbor to the south. Twice in the past century, Canadian governments have lost elections on the issue of free trade with...
Mulroney must be careful to use the trade agreement to increase Canada's economic vitality without sacrificing his nation's cultural identity. The pact ought to give Americans a chance to examine Canadian social programs. In this regard, the pact could end up making the U.S. more like Canada, instead of making Canada more like...