Word: canadianization
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...gymnast became queen of the Montreal Games by making history as the first to rate a perfect score in the Olympics--on the uneven bars, punctuated by a backwards half-twist dismount. She followed with a perfect score on the balance beam. The Forum, normally filled with raucous French Canadian hockey fans, was instead roaring with appreciation for a 4-ft. 11-in., 86-lb. Romanian who would finish the Games with seven perfect 10s, three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Comaneci launched a thousand gymnastics clubs that night...
...Britain the Westons are often referred to as the family that invented sliced bread. The founder of their retail business was a Canadian emigre, Garfield Weston, who created individually packaged loaves. His son Garry built publicly traded Associated British Foods (ABF) during the postwar years and acquired dozens of assets, including British Sugar and the luxury London store Fortnum & Mason. During Garry's 33 years at the helm, ABF's value soared by a factor of 30, and it is currently the biggest family-controlled company on the London Stock Exchange, with annual sales of $7 billion...
...Bulldogs threw their sticks to the ice and piled against the boards in a celebration worthy of a triple-overtime victory over the Canadian Olympic team. They celebrated in similar fashion after subsequent goals...
...Green’s sixth goal was almost impossible to comprehend. With barely a minute remaining in the second period, Big Green freshman and 2002 Canadian Olympic gold medalist Cherie Piper blew by Ruggiero, broke in on goal and scored. Nothing like that had happened all season...
Duluth beat Minnesota in four of five meetings and swept two games against Dartmouth while the Big Green was missing four players participating in a Canadian national camp. Dartmouth beat the Golden Gophers 6-3 in January in their only meeting...