Word: turmoil
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...French- speaking province are more likely to use such words as vibrant, self- assured and confident. With good reason. Back in the 1970s, Quebec was a troubled and troubling region, riven by internal frictions, feuding with Ottawa's federal government and openly threatening to secede from the country. Political turmoil was aggravated by economic crisis, as nationalism among the 80% of Quebecers whose first language is French drove out many English- speaking businesses and helped boost the unemployment rate to 18%. Today Quebec is at peace not only with Ottawa but with itself as well. Many parts of the province...
...with the glitter of gold, which accounts for more than half of the country's $22 billion in foreign earnings expected this year, up 3% from 1986. Paradoxically, even though gold shipments are not banned by most sanction imposers, including the U.S., world jitters about South African political turmoil have helped boost the price of gold over the past two years, from $280 per oz. to a current level of $463. Even producers of some banned commodities have found ways to beat the rules. Many South African fishermen, for example, have reregistered their ships in the Cayman Islands, enabling them...
...film is annoying and out of place. But it is hardly surprising, coming from a director known for political activism. Z, a controversial film about a political revolution in Greece, vaulted Costa-Gavras to fame in 1969. And Missing, the story of an American who "disappears" in the political turmoil of a Central American dictatorship, re-established the director as a major force in political filmmaking...
Hollywood is finding drama in South Africa' s racial turmoil, as a film about Black Leaders Nelson and Winnie Mandela shows...
Political turmoil is becoming a regular fact of life for Aquino. In the past six weeks, a Cabinet Secretary was assassinated, a general strike paralyzed major cities, and the bloody military uprising late last month came closer to unseating her than four previous attempts. Since that failed revolt, Aquino's leadership has come under severe question. Some 2,000 rebel soldiers remained at large, and bickering was mounting among her political supporters. Last week's mass resignation may have bought Aquino time to reorganize her government and recapture the sense of high expectation that marked her early months...