Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...winning the race, Sudduth earned the right to wear the red, white and blue in Olympic competition for the second time. He earned a silver medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Games when he rowed on the U.S. eight which placed second behind the Canadian crew...
...soon graduated to the Canadian nightclub circuit, where as the Great Randall he performed routine acts of legerdemain. One night after his show, a policeman jokingly clapped a pair of cuffs on him and dared him to escape. Piece of cake. "I walked into the open door of a squad car and got out the other side with the cuffs off." Chagrined, the police challenged him to break out of a locked jail cell. He did, easily, and the next day a local newspaper carried a story headlined THE AMAZING RANDI ESCAPES FROM QUEBEC PRISON. "From that moment...
This year, Harvard produced a bumper crop of fellowships. Although Harvard always does well by most schools' standards, many students and fellowship officials are saying this year was truly special. The College garnered a record number of Rhodes--10 American and one Canadian--and about one-third of all Marshalls--five. Members of the Class of '88 also snagged numerous Fulbrights and a Luce in the national competitions. And Harvard sources say that the aplicants for the University's own fellowships were also particulalry strong this year...
...Mary McCagg will be in Indianapolis this week, seeking spots on the U.S. Olympic team...Former Radcliffe crew women Serena Eddy and Allison Townley will also be stroking for a chance to go to Seoul for the United States...Heavyweight bowman Jillian Buriak will try to make the Canadian Olympic team as a rower. Buriak, a sophomore, was a nationally-ranked kayaker until she joined the Radcliffe crew. She had a good chance to go to Korea as a kayaker until she decided to focus on crew...The Radcliffe heavies finish the year at 6-2 overall...
...people, up 32% from 1987. Next in line are 1.6 million Britons (an 18% increase), 1.1 million West Germans (10%), 585,000 French (8%) and 350,000 Italians (10%). The only major countries not participating in the upsurge of tourist traffic to the U.S. are Canada and Mexico. The Canadian dollar has not gained nearly as much ground against the U.S. dollar as the European and Japanese currencies have, and the peso has fallen 45% against the greenback in the past year...