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...English-speaking provinces to make services and education available in French. He led a rethinking of the entire constitutional structure of the country and its relationship with England, both through his own legal expertise and through his incessant challenging of the status quo. ("Why should I sell your wheat?" he asked a meeting of western farmers who were complaining about federal marketing arrangements, and it took months for his subordinates to cajole farm leaders down from the roofs of their silos.) He turned Canada's attention toward Asia, proclaiming a new orientation toward the "Pacific Rim" 20 years before that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pierre Trudeau, 1919-2000 | 9/29/2000 | See Source »

...legend when Slim Shady was just a glimmer in his dysfunctional family's eyes. In its time, hip-hop's gone from Hollis to Hollywood to the halls of museums. Now it's time to wade through the enormous creative output of the last two decades to separate the wheat from the chaff, the hits from the misses, the heroes from the (MC) Hammers. Is Rakim the microphone god before whom we all must bow down? Is KRS-One still number one? Was Vanilla Ice an unappreciated genius? Is LL a phony hero or really the G.O.A.T? Here's your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Best Hip-Hop Songs | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...quiz. Name and locate the following: Hekla, Monrovia, Manitoba and Orinoco. Now for a math problem: If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is the worth at 50[cents] a bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? (Hint: a bushel of wheat weighs 60 lbs. You're on your own for tare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Does Texas Make The Grade? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

Even with the 1895 exam, a student who failed could retake the test a year later. But there's one thing he was sure to know, living in Kansas: tare is the weed normally harvested along with wheat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Does Texas Make The Grade? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Even on the 1895 exam, a student who failed could re-take the test a year later. But there's one thing he was sure to know, living in Kansas: tare is the weed normally harvested along with wheat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Texas Make the Grade? | 9/3/2000 | See Source »

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