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...first announced last January, Sun Life blamed the Quebec government's determination to make French the official language of business; beginning July 1, even display advertising will have to be in French. Later, managers admitted that their main desire was to improve business prospects. Said President Thomas Gait: "The uncertainty that has arisen as a result of the policies of the current Quebec government to some degree has undermined confidence...
...earliest human prints. Only about 15 cm (6 in.) long, but 11½ cm (4½ in.) across?much wider than either those of Neanderthal or modern man?the Laetolil markings indicate a manlike primate about 1.2 meters (4 ft.) tall that probably walked with what Leakey calls "a slow, rolling gait," like a chimpanzee's. Though there were many animal tracks nearby ?including some of knuckle-walking apes?Leakey is "75% certain" that the prints were those of an early ancestor of man's. "The creature," as she calls it (because she cannot tell the sex), was not a hunter...
...most Japanese, the yakuza are as instantly recognizable as soldiers in an enemy army. They wear their hair in crew cuts, parade about in flashy double-breasted suits, and affect the swaggering gait and tough-guy scowl of characters out of Guys and Dolls. They are the gangster minority in a society that enjoys the lowest crime rate of any industrialized nation in the world (violent crime actually decreased by one-third in Japan over the past 15 years). But unlike mobsters of the West, Japan's yakuza (good-for-nothings) are part of a chivalric tradition that dates...
...Opera (1935), that still enjoy a huge cult following and invariably feature Groucho as an appealing rogue capable of fast-talking his way out of any difficulty. On his radio and TV quiz show You Bet Your Life, he was able to deploy all his famous trademarks: the loping gait, arched eyebrows, lecherous leer and emotive cigar. He was, above all, the master of the rapid-fire wisecrack. Examples: While accepting a medal from France, he quipped, "Can it be hocked?" When asked why he was always accompanied by beautiful women, he retorted, "They're very useful at night...
...dubious staying power. Slew was the first foal of his dam, My Charmer; his sire, Bold Reasoning, fell while covering another mare shortly after siring Slew and had to be destroyed. On early form, the Bold Reasoning-My Charmer issue was not promising. His hindquarters were oversized and his gait was hardly classic. Exercise Rider Mike Kennedy recalled his early rides on the two-year-old colt: "At first he was awkward when he galloped. It felt like he had five legs and they were going everywhere...