Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rally has rested on some shaky foundations. Chief among them is the relentless pace of corporate takeovers, which enriched everyone on Wall Street, from stockholders to investment bankers. But the buyouts have been fueled by financing from a junk-bond market that was severely weakened last month when Canadian developer Robert Campeau nearly defaulted on $1.27 billion of debt payments on loans that he had used to acquire Allied Stores and Federated Department Stores. In the wake of Campeau's problems, the money for new takeovers has begun...
...COUNTRY'S GOOD. The acerbic antimilitary play, named London's best last season, gets double exposure: the original Royal Court version is at the Canadian Stage Company in Toronto, while the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles offers a U.S. premiere...
About a dozen large open-pit gold mines using such techniques are now strung out along the Carlin Trend. The Dee. Maggie Creek. Gold Quarry. Goldstrike. Blue Star. The Rain. The Bootstrap. American Barrick Resources Corp., a Canadian company, recently announced plans to excavate a billion tons of rock to get at 12 million oz. of gold -- worth about $4.4 billion at current prices. In the process, the mine will bequeath to posterity a hole 1,500 ft. deep, 4,000 ft. wide and 7,000 ft. long...
...ranch on the Crimson winning the overall lightweight eight race just yet. There are still other non-collegiate crews they need to worry about, namely the U.S. and Canadian national teams...
...annual Festival of Animation returns to the Cambridge area at the Somerville Theater this weekend for a two-week run. To be featured at this sampling extravaganza of animated subjects will be the Canadian award-winning The Crow and the Canary, 25 Ways to Quit Smoking, Bill Plympton's look at how to shed the deadly habit, and award winning graphicist John Lasseter's computer-generated Knick Knack. The Festival of Animation is known internationally as one of the best showcases for the most recent creations in animation. This year's show also highlights The Hill Farm, which took...