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Ontario, the industrial heartland of Canada and the home of Detroit North [its Detroit-allied auto industry], used to be considered the nation's growth engine. Now, it's become a have-not province eligible for federal transfer payments - money in part underwritten by oil-rich Newfoundland. It's an irony not lost on most Canadians, since Newfoundland has carried the mantle of neediness since joining confederation 59 years...
Adult Approach I agree with Joe Klein that Barack Obama seems a grown-up in a nation badly needing some adult supervision [Nov. 3]. One of the qualities needed by the average American is the ability to reflect and question beyond emotionally programmed responses. While patriotism is happily viewed through emotional language and upbeat clichés, so too it should be seen as the ability to reflect critically and question. Too often Americans view these latter qualities as un-American, or being negative in a nation that prides itself on hope and optimism. I believe Obama and his team...
Before last season, it was well accepted that the Harvard women’s hockey team would be good. But when the Crimson burst out of the gates with an 11-game winning streak and took the top spot in the national rankings, no one saw it coming.The beginning of this year has not been as kind to No. 4 Harvard, but it has been equally unexpected. The Crimson was swept by ECAC foes Clarkson and No. 8 St. Lawrence on a two-game road trip this weekend. Harvard (3-2-1, 3-2-1 ECAC) opened the season...
...supporters will back Aubry in sufficient numbers to deny Royal - especially with Hamon splitting the party's left flank. So in the immediate wake of the Reims congress, the PS remains a party in search of a unifying leader, a popular program, and a credible strategy for winning back nation power. Sound familiar...
...Maliki will address the nation on Monday in a bid to garner public support for the agreement. Washington can only sit back and watch as Iraq's exercise in democracy determines the fate of U.S. troops in the country...