Looking back at a year [- full of words... SOME ramblings from the year past in this space. Dec. 31, 1989 To my friend of almost 20 years, Bill Vander Zalin, vou owe your party nothing, What good things it has given have been balanced by equal offerings of unforgivable abuse. You are in moral debt to a few friends and cabinet ministers, but not many. Suggest the rest take a long walk off a short pier: their naked personal ambition makes them appear like a pack of pan- ting dogs. Jan. 28, 1990 To hear elected politicians whine about their salaries... makes one wonder why there are a dozen candidates salivating at the pro- spect of each elected office. Feb. 4, 1990 If the CBC is bureaucratically wasteful, the private network — CTV -— operates as if it has an allergy to original production. Its contribution to the cultural history of Canada has been less signifi- cant than that achieved by Stom- pin’? Tom. March 11, 1990 Instead of the patient Liberali- sm of Lester Pearson, fuelled by international vision, Trudeau spoke and philosophized with the eloquence of Laurier, but the self-centred meanness of Robespierre. March 18, 1990 A city core will always whip the hinterlands if it simply does city things: the arts, the crowds, the large buildings, the bums, the street musicians and food outlets ingeniously shrunk to a size the owner can afford to rent. March 25, 1990 Even our (Canadian) scandals are boring. April 1, 1990 The next provincial election will be this fall. My decision is final. April 15, 1990 There’s the story of the indus- trialist who asked the cost of a burial plot. Shocked by the price, he askea: ‘‘For three days?”’ May 20, 1990 The sometimes outrageous col- umnist Claire Hoy has a theory: “as an article of Canadian faith, we have a national separation crisis every 10 years.’’ June 3, 1990 (from London) A prominent British writer once described the Hurlingham Club as ‘a place to take foreigners when Harrods is closed." ~ A Place To Go When You're Pregnant And Need Support: GIRTHRIGHT | Call 987-7313 « Free Pregnancy Test « R229 Lonsdale in Vancouver Call J A Worth Vancouver 687-7223 Gary Bannerman OPEN LINES June 10, 1990 (from Copenhagen) Visiting this romantic, historical capital on a Sunday morning of a holiday weekend, one can only surmise that freedom means quan- tities of litter rivalled only by ur- ban garbage dumps, and record setting standards of public intox- ication, Sune 17, 1990 (from Leningrad, quoting a young lady) “Gorbachev is all talk."" July 1, 1990 (from Calgary) Jean Chretien has nowhere to go but down... (Paul) Martin distinguished himself in this cam- paign... In 1984 Liberals voted for victory and not principle. They did the same thing in Calgary. July 8, 1990 When the votes were counted (Socred leadership — Whistler), she (nim Campbell) came last. Later, her dignity intact, we walk- ed together from my makeshift Business Management Evening Credit Courses Spring 1991 Mondays Marketing Accounting I Sunday, December 30, 1990 -- North Shore News - 9 CANADIAN CLOSET % 7 MR Free home est:mates ‘rare. 986-4263 1385 Crown St.. NVan ARDAGH HUNTER TURNER Barristers & Solicitors Personal Injury FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION Criminal Matters Only FAX 926-3181 986-4366 986-9286 #3001401 LONSDALE NORTH VANCOUVER, BC. BEAT THE HEAD TAX (Before Jan. t/91) NORTH PARK MEN’S HAIR 922-9612 PARK ROYAL NORTH ae rad’o studio. Limumbled some- ching about better days ahead, lit- detealizing how prophetic the pleasantry would prove to be. Aug. 5, 1990 (from New York} New Yorkers develop a self- sufficiency and a self-contained personal world that is impervious to outside influences. What visitors often mistake for arro- gance is simply the New Yorker's monomaniacal existence within a chaotic world. Sept. 23, 1990 Eventually, this lumbering, amicable plodder (Mike Harcourt) will stand at the finish line holding the trophy. Sept. 30, 1990 So obsessed have we been on questioning everyone's personal integrity, we seem to be searching for leaders who have never thought or acted before on any- thing. Oct. 14, 1990 We Canadians have got to learn to laugh at ourselves; God knows, the rest of the world is laughing at AFTER HOURS ‘SunLife Trust MEMBER: CANADA DEPOSIT INSURAN! MEMBER: SUNLIFE GROUP OF COMPANIES. ORATION G.R.S.P. - Interest Compounded Annually GIC - Interest Paid Annuaily or Compounded 10.75 ee re Beat the Rush — Make your RSP Contribution Now! * Rates subject to change without notice us. Oct, 21, 1990 . government has swiped the numbers racket from the Mafia. Nov. 4, 1990 A sage observer of government once described the civil service as the difficult business of finding a problem within every solution. Dec. 2, 1990 The power of media is insidi- ous. Theft of a person’s reputa- tion is just as grave as the theft of property. eee And to you all: may 1991 be “The Year.’* Travel hopefully. Teresa Black Hughes Manager, Deposit Services 1735 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, B.C. CHRISTMAS COUNTERATTACK Tel: 925-3112 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Microcomputer Applications Tuesdays Accounting I] 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Introduction to Business Wednesdays Accounting I 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Introduction to Business Computers Thursdays Business Law II 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. In-person registration: Jan. 2, from 4 - 8:30 p.m. Room A117 (new and returning students). Cost: $135.25. Classes start Jan. 9, 1991 For more information, please call 984-4960. 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