Word: ottawa
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This sometimes led to absurdities. On a state visit to Ottawa in 1972, an advance man decided that the tan furniture in Pierre Trudeau's office would not flatter Nixon on television and took it upon himself to redecorate the Prime Minister's private office with blue-covered sofas. He was stopped at the last minute by an incredulous associate of Trudeau almost incoherent with rage...
DIED. John Diefenbaker, 83, "Mr. Conservative," the flamboyant prairie lawyer who was Canada's Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963 and one of its most outspoken Members of Parliament for almost four decades; in Ottawa. Reared in the northlands of Saskatchewan, Diefenbaker won fame as a crack trial lawyer, before winning a long sought seat in the House of Commons in 1940. As Prime Minister he urged increased independence from the U.S., to be accomplished largely through the development of Canada's natural resources and the Arctic north. Though an unwavering antiCommunist, he detested McCarthyism and promoted trade...
...Canadian Club: the official organization for the 70-odd citizens from north of here. They try to keep in touch with Ottawa politics through occasional dinners and meetings. They also throw big parties...
Moreover, voters are not likely to be asked the straightforward question: Do you want Quebec to become independent? Instead, Levesque and his chief adviser, Claude Morin, have propounded a so-called hyphen strategy, in which the government will seek a "mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association" with Ottawa. Such a phrasing might make it possible for the Parti Québecois to appeal even to opponents of independence, since they would be asked merely to grant Levesque a vague authority to negotiate for unspecified new provincial powers. But it would fall far short of the Parti Québecois' avowed...
Once he moves into the Prime Minister's official residence at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Clark will have less time for two favorite relaxations-taking Maureen to the movies and reading whodunits. Like Trudeau, Clark is a devout Roman Catholic who attends Mass every Sunday. As a drinker, he prefers Coke to liquor...