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Trudeau's proposals, which he called "quite momentous and quite considerable," were prompted by something more than concern for Canadian autonomy. They were also part of a complicated war of maneuver between Trudeau and Premier René Lévesque of Quebec, who wants independence for his predominantly French-speaking province. Trudeau hopes that the constitutional changes will help take the wind out of separatist sails in Quebec-and incidentally, perhaps, launch his bid for a fourth term as Prime Minister, now an autumn possibility...
Byron may have inspired the image of the archromantic. But it was François-René de Chateaubriand-writer, politician and Olympian lover-who lived it. Born in 1768 to a minor Breton nobleman, he came of age with the French Revolution. By the time he was 24, the Chevalier Chateaubriand had already journeyed to America in search of noble savages and exotic flora...
...America the tourist wandered through Philadelphia, then journeyed down the Ohio River across the wilderness and back through the Allegheny Mountains. Encounters with Indian maidens and frontier moonlight enlivened his novels René and Atala and gave many Europeans new notions of the New World. The fantastic journey ended one night in a backwoods millhouse, where the fire illuminated an old newspaper headline: FLIGHT OF THE KING. Chateaubriand raced to Europe to join the army of the émigré princes. But the cause was hopeless, and he fled in exile to England. There he will languish until Volume...
...U.C.L.A. cardiologist, charged that "the VA's patients were the most unsuitable group to study because their mortality under medical therapy alone was already less than 1 %." In agreement was Dr. Donald B. Effler, head of cardiovascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic when his chief associate, Dr. René Favaloro, developed the bypass. Said Effler: "I think the VA report has already been shot down, and if not, then it will be before sunset." Favaloro, recalled from his home base in Argentina to deliver one of the session's two principal lectures, made an impassioned, hour-long argument...
Despite all the talk about the possible secession of Quebec [Feb. 13] I, as an English-speaking Quebecker, don't believe that Premier René Lévesque really wants to separate from Canada. It's a simple case of bargain strategy. If he succeeds in having the Canadian constitution rewritten and gains more provincial control, he will have accomplished his goals...