Word: provenances
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Last month, the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ) government of Quebec launched 18 commissions to drum up public support for sovereignty. In what was to have been an explosive first month, the commissions have proven to be the latest flop in a series of failed attempts to kick-start nationalist passions. Only 38.5 percent of Quebecers in a recent survey indicated that they were "paying a lot or some attention" to the commissions. One source reported that in the midst of "many tough questions" on separation, the commissions produced "few clear answers." Support for sovereignty hovers...
...announcing his candidacy, Gramm played up his co-authorship of the ill-fated Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction plan, as well as his unbending resistance to the Clinton health-care plan. In these first moments of the campaign, Gramm is presenting his impeccable conservative credentials to an electorate that has proven itself enamored of them...
...Chairman Alan Greenspan endorsed plans to let banks expand their dealings in Wall Street securities. Testifying to the House Banking Committee today, Greenspan said limited stock and bond dealings by banks so far have proven they can properly manage market risks without endangering federally insured deposits. Greenspan praised committee chairman Jim Leach's (R-Iowa) plan to repeal major provisions of the Depression-era Glass Steagall Act, which bans banks from dealing in securities. Some banks have used a loophole to engage in limited securities underwriting since the late1980s. Leach, the Clinton Administration and Sen. Alfonse D'Amato...
...writing in regard to your editorial "Canadians Set Pace in Gun Control" (staff editorial, Feb. 20). The line of the editorial I question read, "But only gun control has had the proven effect of increasing security--and life expectancy." I ask where is this "proven" effect...
...control advocates cannot even establish a clear correlation between gun control and lowered crime. Until they can, I don't see how they can claim they have "proven" anything. Randy Karger...