European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 Canada Renews discussion on reforms for Constitution Toronto apr prime minister Brian Mulroney launched a new round in Canadas decade Long constitutional debate tuesday with proposals to recognize Quebec As a distinct society create an elected Senate and allow self government for indians and eskimos. The conservative prime minister presented a 59-Page document to the House of commons that also gives provinces a greater say in the National Economy but gives the Canadian government More Power to pull Down provincial Trade barriers. The proposals were primarily intended to derail Quebec a plan to Call a referendum on sovereignty next year. They also contained other changes to the 1982 Constitution intended to sweeten the package for English speaking canadians and native groups. Quebec which refused to sign the 1982 Constitution has Long struggled to protect the French Canadian language and culture in a North american sea of English speakers. Quebec residents demand that their distinctiveness be entrenched in the Constitution and that they be Given the tools to protect and promote the French Way of life in the province. The governments proposals were turned Over to a joint committee of the House of commons and Senate that will tour the country for the next five months gathering the Public a ideas. The committees report is due feb. 28. Liberal Leader Jean Chretien welcomed the principles for Reform outlined by Mulroney but added a your first impression is that the proposals of the government need a great Deal of Audrey Mclaughlin head of the socialist new democratic party said a there Are a number of things we can look favourably upon in an initial Reading of these proposals. But there Are also elements that Are potentially among those elements were what she called the government s right Wing View of the country and a no mention of the need to entrench social rights Quot in the Constitution. Quot under the proposals Quebec would be recognized As a distinct society because of its French speaking majority its unique culture and civil Law. Quot the Quebec government of provincial prime minister Robert Bourassa said it would not comment immediately on the proposals. But Lucien Bouchard Leader of the nationalist bloc quebecois which bolted from Mulroney s progressive conservative party called it Quot a very dangerous package for the government has tried to convince English speakers that a a distinct does not mean a Superior Quebec. Its new package includes self government for Lodi Mulroney ans and the inuits Canadas Eskimo people and an elected Senate a something sought by Western Canada which feels underrepresented in parliament because of its Small population. The current Senate is appointed by the government and has less Power than the House. Mulroney called self government for the natives a matter of fairness Justice and equal Opportunity. Canada s population of 26 million includes about 500,000 indians and namesake or. Bow Dur us Mutawa holds her baby boy named Abdullah George Bush Al Saleh in Honor of the . President. The kuwaiti woman said she made the Choice As a sign of gratitude for president Bush a actions in liberating her country from dictionary tries to unify German language Bonn Germany apr after decades of division the germans Are finding they speak differently. But now Duden Germany a equivalent of websters has published a new dictionary to bring the language together. Although lexicographers say there basically is Only one language in terms of grammar and spelling Western germans often return from visits to the East complaining that they cannot understand their compatriots a Over for example a Eastern germans drive Down a mag is Rule or main traffic route. A Western germans travel on a Haupt Verkh Strasse. Its one of several etymological differences that developed Between the two Peoples during four decades of separation. A i think its rather symbolic to say that we now have one common Duden a said Werner Scholze stuben Recht a senior editor of the new dictionary. The Duden publishing House had its Headquarters in Leipzig before world War ii. But when Germany was divided in the late 1940s, a West German publishing House was created in Mannheim. The offices United in january 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall and began working on the new 115,000-word dictionary. The lexicon has almost 6,000 new words most the result of general language development especially in technology ecology sports and economics. They also include several pure East German isms and words that grew out of the revolution there As Well As revisions of political definitions adopted by the East a communists. a word that crinkles the brow of any Western German refers in the East to a Western germans say Marion Kafir instead. Easterners telling their friends in the West about their youth might say they were members of a a group of Young people being groomed for special careers in politics. No such word exists in Western German although its meaning could be deduced Scholze stuben Recht said. But it is part of a the immediate history of East Germany a he said. Other new words such As we Nichals grew out of the revolution that toppled East Germany a communist leaders. It used to refer Only to a wry neck a Type of Bird that can turn its head 180 degrees. But Eastern germans started using it to refer to staunch communists who turned to democracy As soon As it was Clear they were the politicians of the future. Quot the new Duden says the colloquial we Nichals is a person who has no opinions of his own and espouses prevailing positions. Another new entry is or a Wall Woodpecker Quot describing the people who chipped off pieces of the Berlin Wall for souvenirs after the cold War Barrier was breached in november 1989. Editors also wanted to find a More Neutral definition for communism said Scholze stuben Recht. T he East German Duden had defined it As a the most Superior form of human the new dictionary says communism is a a political direction that turns against capitalism and stands for a centrally planned economic and social Wolf freed on Bond Bonn Germany up a German authorities questioned former East German intelligence chief Markus Wolf on tuesday and then released him pending trial. A spokesman for the Federal court in the Western German City of Karlsruhe said Wolf was released on a Bond of 50,000 German Marks about $30,000. The legendary spymaster had returned to Germany earlier in the Day to face charges of espionage. A judge of the German Federal court started questioning Wolf shortly after he surrendered to the authorities earlier in the Day one year after he left Berlin for Moscow to escape arrest. Wolf was taken to the Federal court in the Western German City of Karlsruhe soon after arriving from Austria at the Border Post of Gmain in the South of the country. Officials said he voluntarily surrendered to the German authorities who were holding a warrant for his arrest. Florida neighbors Don t warm up to streets with pakistani names Kissimmee Fla. Up a residents of the Shingle Creek estates neighbourhood Are pleading with City officials to change the names of the streets where they live because the names Are too. Well foreign. A. Razzak Tai a prominent Osceola county doctor and real estate investor who developed the subdivision of 68 four unit buildings apparently named the streets after family members. The names chosen by Tai a pakistani native include Rabia Shahnaz Zaheed and Karim. What the residents want instead Are some Good old american sounding names a like War Bird spitfire Corsair and flying fortress. A if you lived on a Street named Zaheed you move a said Marilyn Tileston a resident of the subdivision for five years. Quot i just done to like the the new names were proposed in August by the neighbourhood s homeowners association which voted unanimously in favor of names using aircraft themes. The subdivision is located near Kissimmee a municipal Airport. Tai could not be reached for comment. Some of the complainants said the foreign Street names Are difficult to spell pronounce and recognize. Underlying those objections however Are concerns about marketability and property values. A we wanted a new image a said Rosemary Anderson another five year resident. A the pronunciation is quite difficult and quite frankly ethnic in Roger Phillips president of a property management firm in Winter Park said he tried to persuade the Developer not to name the streets after family members from a Quot purely marketing standpoint Quot in 1983 when he was approached to help sell the 272 apartments and condominium units. A i believed that they would detract not add to the subdivision in general making it difficult to attract Quality tenants a Phillips said in a letter written to City officials in support of the name changes. A unfortunately a Phillips said Quot this has proven
