Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...JOHN'S, Newfoundland -- Three Canadian fishing vessels rescued about 150 men, women and children who were found yesterday afternoon adrift in two lifeboats in the Atlantic Ocean, a Coast Guard spokesman reported...
...attackers, but most buy the farm. As a result, sales are, well, taking off. The company's profits were $800,000 in 1985, and are expected to double this year. And President Ross Leggitt is seeking to widen his wars. He has already sold a few planes to the Canadian army, and is now setting his sights on the armed forces of Central and South America...
Profits, of course, have never been out of fashion in North America. Yet now there is greater interest in the private sector. Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney last year sold De Havilland Aircraft to Boeing for $113 million and was promptly attacked for making the deal at "fire-sale" prices. Retorted the Conservative leader: "I don't believe that government should do what private industry can do better." Mulroney may next take offers for Air Canada, the national airline, and may even entertain bids for Canada Post, the country's mail service...
...Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney last week announced a complete reorganization of his Cabinet. Six ministers were removed, eight were added, and more than a dozen portfolios changed hands. Opposition leaders interpreted the shake-up as a response to public-opinion polls indicating that support for Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party has dropped dramatically since the 1984 general election...
...many quarters, the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (1932-1982) is remembered mainly for his personal eccentricity. Gould's quirks are legendary: he played in a chair so low his face was only inches from the keyboard, never gave a public concert after the early 1960s (he thought listening to music should be a solitary experience), and wore winter jackets in the heat of summer...