Word: canadians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usually calm, orderly and above all non-descript, Canadian politics have suddenly been thrust into a volatile pre-election period that promises to realign Canada's traditional political balance. Faced with increasingly severe economic and political challenges, Canadian labor is beginning to forge tighter cooperative links with its old political ally, the New Democratic Party (NDP), as it prepares to deal with the increasing polarization of Canadian politics. But despite the severity of Canada's problems, the labor-NDP alliance is itself weak and encumbered with many difficulties...
Canada's economic indicators underline the general worsening of the country's economic health. Unemployment now siphons off 8.2 per cent of the labor force, and this figure, bad as it is, conceals severe regional disparities and unknown numbers of the 'hidden unemployed.' Canadian inflation is running at 8.6 per cent, and the dramatic drop in value of the Canadian dollar on international money markets is expected to help sustain this high rate...
Last year, mighty Mike captured the U.S. singles, Canadian singles and Canadian national championships, along with the NCAA title and an All-Ivy berth. In fact, the junior from Montreal did not lose a game (that's right, not a one) in amateur competition last season...
Raikula's eighth-place finish in August's National AAU 400-meter Individual Medley championship earned him the 16th position in the 1978 world rankings and a position on the United States squad which traveled to Montreal for a dual meet with the Canadian national team two weeks later...
Bernal landed an abundance of distance swimming talent, trolling the continent for high school All-Americans Phil Atkinson and Jack Gauthier as well as Canadian standout Chris Hancock...