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Ever since, the Meech Lake agreement has been a catchall for discord, pitting English speakers against French, and Canada's eastern and western regions against the central provinces of Ontario and Quebec. In 1988 passions flared after Bourassa overrode a Canadian Supreme Court ruling by passing a law that banned English on outdoor commercial signs in Quebec. English speakers across the country expressed outrage, and some later engaged in highly publicized Quebec-flag stomping. About 60 municipalities have since passed symbolic ordinances declaring English their sole official tongue. Said - Mayor Joe Fratesi of Sault Sainte Marie, in explanation...
Much of the discord within the Harvardcommunity has focused on the lack of informationHMC provides about its holdings. Currently, theUniversity only releases listings on majorholdings in large publicly-traded companies...
Rosovsky's books include Discord in the Pacific: Challenges to the Japanese-American Alliance, Asia's New Giant: How the Japanese Economy Works and Japanese Economic Growth: Trend Acceleration in the Twentieth Century...
...brink of disintegration as republics revolt against the center How Gorbachev moves to save his crumbling empire will affect not only his country but also the world. ^ A chorus of complaints from around the union. > A resurgence of both Russian nationalism and Islamic fervor inspires worries about communal discord. ^ Why a Soviet historian believes the empire should collapse...
Hochschild views the family through the narrow lens of the second shift, failing to address factors other than housework that may be just as likely to cause marital discord. These other factors--such as domestic violence--seem to be more important for the poor families in the study than the rich ones...