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Greece and Croatia all flapping in the Zehr gets his way again with the lai- maybe he knows (or should ' . . wind. I'm not quite sure what has sparked this sudden wide- est development charges. find out) how beneficial they are spread enthusiasm for national flags once again (apparently a His Ion express only helps Kitch. (WWI-”June“ .. little soccer tournament has been happening somewhere â€" ener. since Cambridge will get the I‘m not too keen on having . . maybe thathassomethingtodowith it). train extension about the same them in my house either. but most ' ‘ Regardlessl'm not complaining time we ever see a new or at least of them can be patiently coaxed You see. I‘m what's called a vexil- widened road to Guelph with the with a soft. calm voice onto a piece lophlle â€" a lover of flags. I have been Highway 7 expansion. of (plain) paper and delivered to the . intrigued by flags since childhood. and Waterloo gets the train to run deck 0, from porch, if not all the ' have always been attracted to their through our city centre park. which way to agarden. .. bold displays of colour and simple does not really help with the llllt'llr Occasionally they get away en ’ designs. I imagine that's why. while sification purpose ofthe train. route and can one" be found to studying an history. I was immediately I‘be people in the planning and complete the journey. ' . _ drawn to the work of colour-field sf zoning departments must be hav Maybe you can 5” an example :‘ painters like Kenneth Noland and 7 7 ' ' "‘8 an easy time ”‘95" days if ”WY for your family to come to a peace ’ Mark Rothko. 9" i". are waiting for the Iori to do their fol ”Men”. with spiders, In a type of abstract expressionism. . work for them. ‘ these artists would cover entire canvas~ We have been railroaded again Ellen My , es with solid areas of colour. Usually by the regional government. Waterloo 7 ' w» ‘ very large scale. these paintings. with ,. ,fi__,w _____~,,, . . . , ,.__ ,. .. v. - their vast expanses of colour. reminded I moutflags MARSHALL 3 . Io my delight. my enthusiasm for WARD ot1n or none 0 e a ove t t mm W W... l ‘ l iiiirigtnation of my eight yearvold daughter. Sullivan, whose ‘ I seems once people found otit about the option begin to outnumber the total votes a candidate gets? “ 1 (flag? 3 ‘13-“ M723? 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