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There was the rub. Trudeau wanted the British to write into the constitution a charter of rights that the premiers feared would impinge upon their present autonomy, which allows them, for instance, to limit the hiring of people who move into their provinces from other areas. Trudeau also wanted the British to add a provision to the act that would limit the rights of the provinces to block constitutional amendments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Free at Last | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

...into the frame of mind where they will laugh and cheer hysterically at the sight of other Harvard students thrusting one another behind draperies, only to stumble on still others. But it undoubtedly can be done. And while none of the group that troops out--forgetting, for laughter, to rub its collective strained neck--will go home and discuss the finer points of drama, few will escape without the four-year-old gleam in the eye that comes from one last swoop on the ferris wheel...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Pleasantly Scandalous | 11/12/1981 | See Source »

...people-and the party-that he is in command, but it's no more than that." Jaruzelski is also thought to have another motive for using the army: the hope that some of the good will the Polish people feel toward their military (see box) will rub off on his government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Wrestling for Position | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...effects of stragiht seniority firing will likely extend far beyond the ruination of the desegregation plan, according to CCA members. If young teachers are largely eliminated from the school system many alternative educational programs would suffer, forcing many students out of the public schools. "Anyone with two dimes to rub together would put their children in private schools," one CCA leader said recently...

Author: By George P. Bayliss, | Title: Keeping Classrooms Functioning | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...Rashante Rub-a-Dub Band--Western Front...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oct. 15-21 | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

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