Icons to live by

Article Abstract:

Some attribute the lack of national idols throughout Canada's history to the orderliness of the country and its peaceful transition to freedom. However, Canada reflects its vast land, and the icons of the country are railways, the telegraph and other institutions that helped unify the nation.

Canada, History, Portrayals, National characteristics, Icons

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A white male backlash: critics attack affirmative action as reverse discrimination

Article Abstract:

Conservatives in the US are attacking affirmative action programs on the grounds that they discriminate against white men. Senator Robert Dole, California Governor Pete Wilson, and other potential Republican presidential candidates in 1996 hope to use affirmative action as a wedge issue.

Political aspects, Reverse discrimination, Affirmative action, Race relations, Republican Party (United States), Dole, Bob

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Trying to make sense of a mysterious past

Article Abstract:

The public and the media struggle to understand how a promising mathematician became a technology-hating hermit who may have killed 3 and injured 23 others by sending bombs in the mail. Kaczynski was turned in by his brother, David, when he could no longer ignore his suspicions.

Cases, Murder, Terrorists, Bombings, Kaczynski, Theodore

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