Word: rivi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seed and rented farm machinery to the De Portals presented a bill for $14,000. The family charged that it was a fraud. Before the matter could be resolved, a judge ordered the estate sold at auction. Though it was worth an estimated $330,000, a farmer named Louis Rivière made the high bid of $88,000, and the outstanding mortgages meant there would be nothing left for the De Portals...
Threats. When Rivière tried to take over his property, the baroness met him at the door and threatened to kill him. Rivière filed charges against the baroness, who was sentenced to four months in jail. Rivière again tried to take over, but the young baron took a pot shot at him and warned him away. In late February Rivière got the police to accompany him to the chateau, but when they tried to enter, Marie-Agnés shouted: "Not another step. My brother is armed. We will fire...
...Quebec, where unemployment last month was 2.5% higher than the Canadian average of 6.7%, Bourassa's pledge evoked great response: the town of Trois Rivières, a National Union stronghold where 15% of the work force is unemployed, elected its first Liberal in history. If Bourassa fails to deliver on his promises, however, the separatists would undoubtedly revive their claims that Quebeckers can only hope to achieve a better life once they are freed from the domination of Canada's English-speaking majority...