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Word: separatist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...repression spawned the ETA (Euz-kadi ta Azkatusuna?Basque Homeland and Liberty) a separatist resistance organization, which among other acts of violence killed Franco's first Premier, Adm>al Luis Carrerro Blanco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: VOTERS SAY 'S | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...Prime Minister's perkiness may have another cause: renewed political support at home. Public enthusiasm for his Liberal government, at a low ebb only a year ago, has been rising steadily since the election last November of a separatist government in the largely French-speaking province of Quebec. Last week, in a series of federal by-elections viewed as a significant sounding of electoral feeling toward the Liberals, Trudeau's party hung on handily to four vacated parliamentary seats and gained another from the opposition Progressive Conservatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: End of a Storybook Romance | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

John Fraser, Member of Parliament from Vancouver South, British Columbia, explained current Quebecois separatist aspirations at a level deeper than language differences. "It doesn't matter which one you scratch, you find a French-Canadian nationalist," he said last week, refering to French-Canadian Quebecers. "They look upon Quebec and themselves as a separate nation. They do not see themselves culturally or ethnically as part of the English-speaking mosaic of the rest of the country...

Author: By John D. Weston, | Title: Marriage On The Rocks | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

According to Peter Newman, the editor of Maclean's magazine, a recent demographic study of Quebec voters showed that, by the time of the next election, 42 per cent of Quebec's voters would be between the ages of 18 and 35, if "that age group is almost entirely separatist," as Newman says, Canadian federalists are in trouble...

Author: By John D. Weston, | Title: Marriage On The Rocks | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

...Canadian hosts, with guests and hosts establishing strong friendships. The musical performances of the tour became incidental as the students formed deep personal attachments to one another. Many tears were shed when the time came for good-byes. It is my opinion that you would not find a single separatist among either of those groups...

Author: By John D. Weston, | Title: Marriage On The Rocks | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

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