Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...STICKING point between Trudeau and the eight provincial premiers who oppose his initiative is over the establishment of an equitable formula for amending the nascent document. Except for New Brunswick's Richard Hatfield and Ontario's William Davis, the provincial premiers fear the new constitution could erode their power by increasing the leverage of the central government. Furthermore, another dimension should be noted: The constitutional package forms the crux of Trudeau's response to the separatist movement in Quebec and the growing regional loyalties of the resource-rich, solidly Conservative West. If the constitution is indeed brought home, on Trudeau...
...over the next few months the Pentagon wrangled with the CIA over exactly what information could and could not be made public. For example, CIA officials vetoed satellite photos and insisted on fudging statistics, lest Moscow learn too much about how well the U.S. gathers its intelligence. The final document thus features full-color artists' renderings of satellite pictures, rounded-off figures, and vague predictions about forthcoming Soviet weaponry. "Every product of the intelligence community is a compromise," explained Weinberger. "Be thankful for small favors...
Trudeau finally decided to bypass the premiers, asking Britain to add his charter to the B.N.A. Act and then give authority over the document to Canada. The British were willing in principle, providing the Canadian Supreme Court agreed. In its ruling, the court said that Trudeau could ask for the B.N.A. Act. But it also ruled that any prior tinkering with the act would flout unwritten constitutional tradition unless it went hand in hand with "at least a substantial measure of provincial consent...
...commission could not even agree on the conclusions of that report. The members favoring gold said the document supported their views; those opposed said it did no such thing. Lamented Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, who sported a large pair of gold cuff links for the meeting: "We can't agree on the historical facts...
...prove this contention, researchers at Epton, Mullin, Segal, and Druth attempted to document every rat, roach, and mouse ever seen in a New York City, Chicago, or Washington D.C. McDonald's between 1977 and the present. As Dayan's attorney's have noted, that adds up to a lot of health and safety violations. But that strategy failed when Judge Curry ruled that violations by outlets outside of France were irrelevant to the case--thus forbidding Dayan's attorneys from entering four boxes of illegible city health reports into evidence...