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Canada now has a well-developed welfare state which provides admirably for all its citizens and seems to reflect the sense of community that Canadians hold dear. The Liberal and New Democratic fear that Canada would become more like the U.S. will become a painful reality if Mulroney starts to cut away at these programs to attack the country's large budget deficit...
Inside, in a crowded courtroom, three young Azerbaijani defendants sat motionless as they listened to witnesses describe a violent clash between ethnic Armenians and ethnic Azerbaijanis that left 32 dead and 400 wounded in the Azerbaijani port city of Sumgait last February. Struggling to hold back tears, an aging Armenian woman described how she had watched an Azerbaijani mob burn a man to death in his automobile. A Russian doctor described the head < wounds he had found on the corpse of a man beaten to death with lead pipes...
Gotlieb will serve as the 1989 William Lyon Mackenzie King Professor of Canadian Studies, a position named after the longest-serving prime minister of Canada. He will teach in the Government Department, but will hold a post in the Center for International Affairs (CFIA...
Harvard and MIT hold nearly half of the land in Cambridge, and the University says it contributes more than $100 million to the local economy. The University is wealthier than the city of Cambridge and, many say, more powerful. And Harvard has a number of tools at its disposal in its lobbying efforts...
...agreed that these seats were not "befitting a Harvard Senior." Given that the Soldiers Field stadium can only hold 38,000 people, I understand that alumni and University dignitaries fill up a majority of the choice seats on the Harvard side, making it difficult to seat all the students in good seats...