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...Mulroney has announced his intention to close down Canada's decade-old Foreign Investment Review Agency, which screened all new foreign investments. In its place, he is creating Investment Canada, an agency that will, in the Prime Minister's words, "encourage and facilitate investment." Like its predecessor, however, Investment Canada will have the right to review potential foreign entrants into businesses deemed important to Canada's cultural heritage and national identity. Most direct takeovers of existing Canadian businesses whose assets exceed $3.8 million will still be eligible for review...
...seats in Parliament. U.D.P. Leader Manuel Esquivel, 44, the new Prime Minister, said he will "pursue good relations with the United States" and work for settlement of a territorial dispute with neighboring Guatemala, but his policies are not expected to differ much from those of his predecessor. So lopsided was the vote that Price lost his own Belize City seat to the U.D.P.'s Derek Aikman, 25, a newcomer to politics...
...succeeded as Foreign Minister by the government spokesman and European Affairs Minister, Roland Dumas, 62, Mitterrand's longtime personal friend and confidant. Although Dumas is said to be less hard-line toward the Soviet Union, less committed to the Third World and more pro-Israel than his predecessor, his appointment will probably have little overall effect on French diplomacy, which is traditionally the President's domain. Said Dumas in Paris last week: "I think French foreign policy has been masterfully conducted by Mr. Mitterrand, and I don't see any reason why it should change...
...sequel to last year's surprising smash, What's New, in which Ronstadt, her arranger-conductor and his orchestra proved that anything old could be renewed again, probably-given this kind of talent-in perpetuity. Lush Life is rather more playful and relaxed than its predecessor, as if the singer felt vindicated by her decision to refurbish some of pop's sturdiest standards. There is a kittenish sexuality singeing the edges of some of the twelve songs here; Mean to Me sounds as if it is being purred on a rumpled-up bed by a woman...
...expecting to see a film like its predecessor, 2001: A Space Odyssey,2010 is definitely a disappointment. While building on the plot evolved in 2001, it's much less of a genre definer and groundbreaker than its predecessor, and more of a straight action adventure movie. Whatever its box office appeal, 2010 has major deficiencies that keep it from being a great movie...