Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the day he took office, Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge that man- made pollutants cause acid rain. In 1980, he went so far as to say that acid rain was caused by trees. In a St. Patrick's Day meeting a year ago in Quebec City with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the President rejected requests from his fellow Irishman for U.S. action. But last week in Washington, during his second "shamrock summit" with Mulroney, Reagan changed his tune. Acid rain, said he, "is a serious concern affecting both our countries...
Indian and Canadian authorities probing last June's crash of Air India Flight 182 into the North Atlantic off the coast of Ireland have proceeded with glacial deliberation. India has never officially confirmed what many have suspected all along: that the third-worst aviation accident in history, which took the lives of all 307 passengers and 22 crew members, was the result of a bomb planted in the aircraft's luggage compartment. In spite of their tight- lipped treatment of the case, investigators know much more than they are letting on. Or at least so says Canadian Journalist Salim Jiwa...
Jiwa contends that those responsible for the crash are a cabal of Vancouver- based Sikh extremists. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, says Jiwa, have identified at least a dozen people responsible for the explosion and are only tying up loose ends before moving...
Blair's Guelph Holiday Platers junior A team was marvelous (40-4-6 regular season, 23-6 post-season) but eventually lost the All-Canadian finals in four straight...
...Grant had an outstanding season leading us to the Canadian national finals," Guelph Coach Don McKee--now the coach at Waterloo University--says. "He was an integral part of the cohesion on the team...