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“appy New Year! _
Fresh possibilities abound.

«While we are fast with pledges,
it is timely. to consider that many -

of us ‘are speeding. up. the pace of life,

although most of us’ ‘do. not consider cur-

If you feel trapped i ina . daily routine, if
at the end of the day you often feel that you
‘have. not accomplished. what you set out to

hanging from ¢:

do, if you feel that you just don’t have time

for fun anymore, you are not alone. |
The most recent Statistics Canada fig-_
ures show Canadians to consider them-

selves a stressed bunch. -

fears ”

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The tools with which | we surround our-
selves are sold to us as’ means of saving
time and effort... "

The implication is that by doing 50, we.
are free to pursue the pleasures: of life. <

Yet most of us are faced with increased
expectations of output: we Works faster to
do more.: | my

Take the time to play 1 more in 1994, It’s:
good for your health. :

to be responsible once they get in-

tion is theft.” : ;
arian pa “Howe. “Sound. ‘Liber.’

Jhost | of. colorful -
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“The following are some. of the

most memorableof the year as.
they ‘appeared in-the pages. of.the’.

North Shore News.

characters

Doug Palser- of Coquitlam, to
the ‘News Inquiring Reporter
question:

pedophiles?” - | ee
“We should Join.

race.”’
West” Vancouver Districi Coun,

Don‘ Griffiths, opposing the .per-
- sistent lobby. in West: Vancouver: .-

to continue. the practice of “out-'

. door burning i in the municipality.

“Should newspapers .
publish the names of convicted :

o of its budget.
the human, -

to government.”” 4
West’

legislation that would require the
provincial government | to, balasice

“It’s been five ane We cauld
have built the.Great' Wall . of
China in that fime.”” ,

North Shore Public Golf Course. - :

Society vice-president ; Don Davis,
on the time invested in. studying

roblem wih convicted
is’ that they, aren’

Publisher,..000. 4.5 Peter Speck
‘Managing Bditor’ Timothy Renshaw
Associate Editor... .....Noel Wright” |
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Compteolier . : Doug Foot

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TH E RUSSIAN LUNATIC. introduced. to you ‘in this space
two weeks ago (“‘Coutd. Russia spawn its own Adolf >

Hitler?’’' Bee, 19) ts ringing. g
pean capitals.”

No doubt in the Pentagon 10,
even if thus far still muffled.

There are sound reasons why:
47-year-old Viadlmnir 4 birinovsky.
the anti-semitic fascist heading‘
the ultra-nationalist Liberal Dem-
ocrats in Russia’s new parliantent,

_is bad news for.a world that

thought it had at least suid good-.
bye ta the Cold War,
nt elections Zhirinovsky's
gly named party became

the major opposition to President
Boris Yeltsia’s reformers in the «
“ Duma (ower house) where no. |
‘party has an absolute majori :

- As previously reported, ”
’ Zhirinovsky promises —~ when he -
comes to power, which he’s confi- -: o
| dent is inevitable —to rule.as a!
dictator, cancel all debts run up”
by the former Soviet Union, cut”
off all foreign aid except to Serbia 2
and Iraq, and end crime and cor: .
ruption with harsh punishment for
offenders. eo

But meanwhile, further i items on
his wacky agenda’ for.a feboriy,
“Greater Russia” have’ emerged.
He wants back the Baltic states
and a lump of Poland. He'll de-
mand the return of Alaska ‘to the
Russian’ motherland.;He's os
prepared to nuke any countries: *:
that try to mess with Russia: And
” he boasts that Moscow has‘a. 4»
secret super-weapon (‘“Elipton” ,
more powerful than nuclear
weapons and ‘‘capable of :
destroying the West.’?,

All this might be dismissed as rn
harmiess ravings by'a political nut |
who, i in an earlier election, came 5;

farm betis’ in’ a lotaf Euro- os

“elected parilaraent: So far, $0
good for democrat Yeltsin =
_ always provided he can continue
to rely in an emergency on-th
loyalty of the army...”

That i in ‘itself. could be open to

y question. It’s significant that ’

“| Zhirinovsky has been energetically

“wooing, the military establishment

“by vowing not only to restore the |

‘former glory'of Czarist Russia but:
. also provide apartments | forall

. homeless officers,”

“In any case, however, Yeltsin
‘ __ fevho i is reported also. to‘have sonie
health problems) must himse!
face the voters again within two’
years ina presidential election: His
main challenger is expected alntost
certainly to be'Zhirinovsky,-wko’

same unless living | conditions for th

_ average, Russian vastly i improve by:
hv

edged weapon. “Yeltsin i insist

its: much stronger powers forth
7 president: to prevent the reform

“program from being torpeiloed b

ik ‘his parliamentary opponents.

: Vancouver- Garibaldi "f
MLA. Pavid Mitchell, calling for’:

VLADIMIR : ZHIRINOVSKY —
would-be dictator.

aignod unsuccessfully, ona.

en ST

promise of chean vodka — were

_Zhirinovksy’s strong lection’.
» showing directly reflected public:
disiilusionment with Yeltsin’s ..
ecomonic reforms. To date, ‘for the

‘

. ‘Majority of Russians, t the drive to

establish a market economy has

produced only hardship, financial :

loss, and soaring corruption and
crime. if the reformers.can’t
quickly improve matters,
-Zhirinovsky‘s Liberal Democrats _
could sweep the polls next time.

eats Unit Russian histosy i in
the mid-nineties finally unfolds;
it’s still too early. for the Pentagon
to mothball its, nukes. ;

Sree job training package, in.
- duding Computer and English fo:
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tre; "985-2214. .w-Velunteers : ar
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spare an "hour or two, hie :
phone 738-9171 ... Formal Liberal *
leader Gordon Wilson should get

_a big hug from Judi today, Jan.'2,
his 45th birthday ...' And man
happy returns of tomorrow,’ Jan
3, to longtime former Province:
columnist Himie Koshevoy. *

It could also be the last time for _

Russia’s fragile democracy. -: ES,
- & réferendum at December’s ©.

” elections adopted | the new Russian

Constitution. It gives | the president: :