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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Broadbent, leader of the socialist New Democratic Party, calls the Amoco bid a "black day for Canada," because it would tip foreign control of the $49 billion petroleum industry well past 50%. The deal could also test Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's vow to seek friendly foreign investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAKEOVERS: A Bid for the Record Books | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...added, "It is the long term well-being of our societies that must govern. Today the trading system is in need of adjustment. Yet the answer is not in restrictions but in increased opportunities. So together let us seek positive solutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nakasone: Nation's Bank to Lower Rates | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

...truly alive, we must seek to express our souls. I feel that in my poetry I have achieved the elusive divine spark that can express my innermost self and individuality better than anything else I do, save my unruly tendency to speak with my mouth full...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Achieving the Divine Spark | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

Baker said the defense would seek to prove that Goetz fired five times in rapid succession. Police have said that Goetz told officers he shot all four youths then turned back to Cabey and shot him again, saying, "You don't look so bad, here's another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Geotz Trial Opens Today in New York | 4/28/1987 | See Source »

...most importantly, by bringing charges of racism down to the level of petty political squabbles, the cartoon not only degrades all of us who seek to eradicate racism and intolerance, but also makes it that much harder for society to deal with the very real problems that such archaic attitudes present. Bigotry is a problem that is hard enough to address without having someone throw partisan politlcal baggage into the equation. Calling someone a "racist" because he has a different position on affirmative action (or South African divestment) is as unproductive and as intellectually stifling as calling him a "communist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racism | 4/28/1987 | See Source »

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