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...afraid to show gay men being randily affectionate toward one another. But Longtime Companion represents no special pleading for gays; it is about any group of people who might get blindsided by a plague. Thanks to a terrific ensemble cast (including, in addition to the above, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker and Patrick Cassidy), these people are quirky, compassionate, plenty human. You are encouraged to laugh along with this wonderfully funny and, of course, heartbreaking picture. It's O.K. to laugh...
John Turner is Canada's most famous also-ran. The Liberal Party leader stirred up last November's elections with impassioned attacks on the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, but failed to sweep Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney out of office. Last week, conceding the need for "fresh leadership," Turner said he would resign after a date is set to choose a successor. Likeliest prospect: Quebec's Jean Chretien, a former Justice and Finance minister...
...euphoria of victory, however, two other revelations loomed as more important. The first was the voters' devotion to Canadian values, which Mulroney checked off in his victory speech. Among them: sovereignty, protection of minority rights and of social programs, and a commitment to the environment and to the development of unequal regions. The election, said Mulroney, "was not about those values, but about the means to give them greater effect...
...other was the country's growing confidence. For decades, the national debate has been dominated by two uncertainties: economic and cultural survival in the shadow of the southern neighbor, and political survival as a bilingual confederation. Both challenges pushed the country into prolonged and often painful bouts of introspection. Mulroney's greatest accomplishment may well be to preside over the waning of an era of self-doubt...
Moscow' s response: muscle, curfews and plans to strengthen their economies. -- Canadians give Brian Mulroney a victory and say yes to a new trade relationship with the U. S. -- In Sudan' s civil war the horrible new weapon is food, not bullets. -- Israel' s Shamir weighs a decision: Should he entice Labor into a broad coalition...