Mandela's controversial stance shocks liberal critics
The article critiques Nelson Mandela for endorsing Gaddafi Castro and Arafat as comrades and for saying it is not South Africa's business to meddle in others' internal affairs. It argues this reveals a naive view of good and evil and warns that Western support for reform could backfire into tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
U.S
Mandela
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Yasser Arafat
Canada
United States
ANC
Castro
Gaddafi
Mullin' Angles Cloud Senate Route After Meech Lake Death
The piece condemns Michael Wilson’s claim that with Meech Lake dead the GST passage in the Senate is easier. It notes Mulroney could appoint any senators, provoking concern over democratic process distrust and political maneuvering. It warns of further Senate elections and opportunistic bidding for power.
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Mulroney
Finance
Michael Wilson
Senate
Brian Mulroney
Stan Waters
Wilson
If Mike Wilson thinks he can fool Canadians
Ottawa readers debate a common expression about GST response and the proper word in the saying If you think that, you've got another think coming versus think or thing according to differing generations.
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Ottawa
Mike Wilson
Boyce Richardson
Canada
Jive Jibe and Care Less Debates in Language Notes
Don McGillivray explores evolving usage as readers debate jive versus jibe and could care less versus couldn’t care less. He traces origins from jazz slang to 19th century sport terms and notes Meeching’s dark roots, plus a Canadian diction tidbit about Mulroney’s line and a bygone dance ditty.
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R.C. Hawkey
Calgary
Beaumont and Fletcher
Brian Mulroney
Communist congress tests Gorbachev amid unrest and reforms
Moscow reports the Communist Party congress looms as a make or break moment for Mikhail Gorbachev. Delegates, many from conservative ranks, debate reforms, democratization, and a treaty among the republics while protests and sovereignty moves ripple through the Soviet Union.
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Juliet O’neill
Autham News
Moscow
Communist Party
National Congress
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Soviet
Gorbachev
Russia
Lithuanian Communist Party
Russian Communist Party
Leningrad
Democratic
Boris Yeltsin
Vadim Medvedev
Yegor Ligachev
Medvedev
Atlantic Canada weighs options if Quebec secedes
Atlantic Canada studies regional alternatives in case Quebec leaves. Economists warn of negative impacts to trade and gains in a potential Atlantic alliance, while New Brunswick and Nova Scotia explore open-market options amid Meech Lake fallout.
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Atlantic Canada
Quebec
Patrick Nagle
Southam
Halifax
Maurice Mandale
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council
European Economic Community
Acadian University
Ralph Winter
Winter
Churchill River
Montreal
le Devoir
Robert Bourassa
Newfoundland and Labrador
Meech Lake
Bourassa
Newfoundland
Clyde Wells
Hibernia
Ottawa
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Atlantic
Frank McKenna
Maritime Union
Statistics Canada
McKenna
Brian Mulroney
Bernard Valcourt
Summerside Air Force Base
John Buchanan
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Don McGillivray
Louis Armstrong
Oxford
New York
Harlem
American Speech
Southam News
Sparks Street
Communist Congress
Yeltsin
Labrador
Buchanan
Tim O'Neill
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