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...equitable formula for amending the nascent document. Except for New Brunswick's Richard Hatfield and Ontario's William Davis, the provincial premiers fear the new constitution could erode their power by increasing the leverage of the central government. Furthermore, another dimension should be noted: The constitutional package forms the crux of Trudeau's response to the separatist movement in Quebec and the growing regional loyalties of the resource-rich, solidly Conservative West. If the constitution is indeed brought home, on Trudeau's reasoning, Canadians will be able to share common rights without having their particular identities threatened. Francophones could...
Kabalinski reserved his harshest statements for the Polish government. In his New York Times piece, he argued that "the crux of the problem is the government's failure to understand that a heavy-handed approach has always hardened the stubborn Poles instead of making them more compliant...
Although Epton, Mullin, Segal, and Druth, LtD., the Chicago-based law firm representing substandard, no one contends that his restaurants are models of cleanliness. In fact, Dayan's lawyers hoped to base their case on what they felt was selective enforcement of QSC standards by McDonald's. The crux of this argument was not that Dayan's operations were acceptable, but that they were no worse than many other McDonald's throughout the world...
...crux of the Middle East conflict is not Israel's occupation of the West Bank but the Arab refusal to recognize Israel. Only one moderate Arab leader, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, has had the courage to proclaim "no more war." For that he received the strategic Sinai Peninsula. Israel is still waiting for another farsighted Arab statesman who is able to discuss the West Bank...
...coal for a living. "Until lately," drawls one miner, "two dogs crossing the road at the same time was a big event here." Now there are bigger and more ominous events in town. As has often been the case in the region's tumultuous history, coal is the crux...