Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Japan, there were indications that a sophisticated timing device may have tripped the explosion of a bomb in a bag unloaded from Canadian Pacific Flight 003. The blast killed two baggage handlers and injured four others at Tokyo's Narita International Airport just 53 minutes before the Air India plane crashed. Speculation that the two events were connected was fed by the timing, the fact that both flights had originated in Canada and suspicions that Sikh extremists might have engineered the incidents in order to strike out at the Indian government. But at week's end investigators were forced...
That unsettling possibility gained further credibility as details emerged about an explosion at the Tokyo international airport less than an hour before the Air India crash. As baggage from Canadian Pacific Flight 003 was being unloaded, a bomb suddenly ripped both the door and roof off the freight container, sending clothes and suitcases flying. The explosion killed two airport workers and injured four others. Had the flight not arrived from Vancouver a quarter-hour early, the bomb might have gone off while the 747, which carried 374 passengers and 16 crew members, was over the ocean...
Meanwhile, evidence of foul play mounted. The Air India flight, whose final ) destination was Bombay, had stopped in Montreal to pick up passengers. While it was taking on baggage there, dogs trained to sniff out explosives began barking. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police subsequently confiscated three "suspicious" pieces of luggage after electronic scanners detected metal inside the bags. The luggage was examined, but no explosives were found...
...cups. In this way, he clearly outplayed the competition. Tze-Chung Chen, a gentle-spoken Taiwanese capable of shooting 2s on par fives and 8s on par fours, performed both of these wonders and lost the championship by a stroke. So did two others. Had Dave Barr, an ample Canadian, only believed he could have won the Open, he probably would have. South African Denis Watson's eternal miscalculation was % in loitering longer than the allotted ten seconds over a lip-hanging putt. The ball vindicated him by sinking out of sight within 35 seconds, though Watson was penalized...
Levesque's resignation, which will not take effect for 90 days in order to give the party time to choose a new leader, marks the end of an era for Quebec. Levesque swept into power in 1976 promising to lead the province out of the Canadian confederation. He championed a law making French the official language of Quebec, which delighted most voters but hurt the cause of separation. Satisfied that they were at last living and working with their own language, Quebecers lost interest in seceding from the rest of Canada...