Word: clark
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Clark Bain (H) beat Larry DiRita...
...last burst of passion, he picked himself up and sprinted. His legs churned through the thick snow, deliriously. The light blinded him. Out of breath, he collapsed to his knees, like Clark Gable begging forgiveness in San Francisco but not knowing whom...
Jossif Sack, one of six volunteer Israeli doctors at Sakaew, told Clark: "We can't figure it out. When I am treating a patient here and causing pain, everyone starts to laugh. Is there something in their personality that makes them laugh when they see people dying or in pain...
Since his party was turned out of office by Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives six months ago, Pierre Elliott Trudeau has rarely sported a boutonniere. But as he addressed the weekly caucus of Liberal Party M.P.s in Ottawa last week, a bright yellow rose was attached to his lapel. In a halting voice, Trudeau began to read from a prepared statement: "I am announcing today that after spending nearly twelve years as leader of the Liberal Party, I am stepping down." Then he broke down in tears, explaining: "Well, you always knew I was a softy." That...
...Clark's shaky new government. In two by-elections last week, Conservative candidates were defeated, thereby shaving the Tories' working majority in the 282-member House of Commons to a razor-thin one vote. The Conservatives have narrowly turned back three recent votes of noconfidence, but it is unlikely that Clark will call a new election for a bigger mandate until after the Liberals decide on Trudeau's successor, probably next spring. The Liberals will most likely follow their pattern of alternating French with English leaders. The foremost contenders: former Finance Minister John Turner, 50, a bilingual...