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...remain uneasy. They fear increased pressure for their water, not only from other parts of the country but perhaps from Washington, exercising its powers to regulate interstate commerce. At a parley on Mackinac Island, Mich., last month, representatives from the Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Quebec) listened to some telling statistics from University of Michigan Civil Engineering Professor Jonathan Bulkeley. He pointed out that even a relatively small diversion from the Great Lakes, say 10,000 cu. ft. per sec.-about the volume of water sought by Montana from Lake Superior-would lower water levels enough...
...many languages is one of the sweetest rewards of scholarship. But for a society, separate linguistics seem almost always to drive a wedge between groups of people. We can cite Switzerland, perhaps, as a nation that has managed to contain these linguistic tensions. But almost every other example, from Quebec to the Basque country, from India to the land of Flemings and Walloons, points the other way. It would be a tragedy to add our nation to that list...
...Bourne, John Tonelli, Clark Gilles and Duane Sutte, scored goals to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the Quebec Nordiques in Quebec. The Islanders win the series, 4-0, and advance to the Stanley Cup finals...
Levesque is still fighting. In a fiery speech last week, he called the Constitution Act a "most pernicious document" that would "systematically isolate" Quebec. In fact, polls show that only 32% of Quebeckers back his stand, while 48% feel he should have approved the new constitution. Levesque boycotted the ceremony in Ottawa, but French-and English-speaking members of Quebec's opposition Liberal Party attended. An anticonstitution demonstration organized by his Parti Quebecois in Montreal drew 25,000 marchers...
...Quebec 2, Boston I. Quebec wins series...