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...basically a business-as-usual document," said Philip Dowds, who has been among the leaders of the anti-development forces. Activists specificallycited a "loophole" that would allow city officialsto approve further development merely by intiatinglegal action to remove illegal spaces instead offorcing officials to wait until those spaces hadactually been removed...
Since 1982, Canada has been governed by a constitution that was never endorsed by Quebec, home to one-quarter of the country's population. Quebec felt that, among other things, the document did not adequately protect its distinct French linguistic and cultural heritage, which is threatened by immigration and a provincial birthrate that is below replacement level. In a bid to resolve the impasse, Mulroney assembled the ten provincial premiers in April 1987 at a retreat at Meech Lake, Quebec. The group cobbled together constitutional amendments that met Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa's five "minimal" demands for more provincial power...
...from the appropriate bodies and from legal counsel." But the Senator may also have violated the law: use of a Senate building for commercial purposes like paid speeches is prohibited by the criminal code. The free limousine service he accepted will probably be regarded as taxable income. Backdating a document related to the sale of his Minneapolis condominium could constitute fraud...
...investigation began last summer, when the Justice Department sent requests to a few northeastern schools--including Harvard--requesting every document relating to tuition, financial aid and faculty salary practices for the last five years. In the coming weeks, the Justice Department slowly expanded its investigation, until 58 schools had acknowledged they were under scrutiny...
...things that has to come out of this is over the next year or two, we'll start learning [what activities should be allowed]," said Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Bernard N. Fields, who spoke out against the original document because of its negative tone...