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Mixed blessing for Trudeau...
...there was a moment of confusion. A special sound system failed, and his words were barely audible to a nationwide television audience. But the impact of his message was clear enough. At the end of a five-month courtroom fight between the federal government of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and eight of his country's ten provinces,* the court had come down on both sides, prolonging once again a 54-year struggle over power sharing that at times has threatened to tear apart Canada's relatively loose political confederation...
...banks of the Grand River came leaders from around the world to offer their respects: President José Lopez Portillo of Mexico, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada, former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France, Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda of Japan, and even the emperor of Hollywood, Bob Hope. There were fireworks and fishing contests, viewings of the Gerald Ford stamp collection, and a $1,000-a-plate dinner of chicken breast complemented by Michigan wine (Tabor Hill Winery's Vidal Semi-Blanc...
Jane Pauley, 30, Today Show cohost, reflecting on the lack of rivalry between herself and her husband, Cartoonist Garry Trudeau: "Five million people watch me every morning. I believe only 4,999,999 people read Doonesbury...
...election result (socialist Dan Heap edged Trudeau's former chief adviser, Jim Coutts) showed a public impatient with the economy and intolerant of strikers. When Reagan fired PATCO members, his decision was widely applauded...