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  • Izzy Asper is the same individual who wanted to move the capital of Canada from Ottawa to his hometown Winipeg, obviously in complete disregard to the importance of Quebecois in Canadian society.

    2008 April : Law is Cool 2008

  • Izzy Asper is the same individual who wanted to move the capital of Canada from Ottawa to his hometown Winipeg, obviously in complete disregard to the importance of Quebecois in Canadian society.

    A Country Run by the Mob(osphere) : Law is Cool 2008

  • Leonard Asper is the fourth speaker in our luncheon series entitled "Canadian Industry in a Global Economy" which focuses on the challenges Canadian businesses face in a rapidly changing world.

    Globalization of Media: How Canadian Companies Can Survive 2006

  • Mr. Asper is a director of the University of Winnipeg Foundation, the Business Council of Manitoba and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

    Globalization of Media: How Canadian Companies Can Survive 2006

  • A lawyer, Ms. Asper is the Corporate Secretary of CanWest Global Communications Corp.,

    The Canadian Museum of Human Rights 2006

  • Ms. Asper is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Winnipeg and a director of the National Arts Centre Foundation and the University of Waterloo's Centre for Cultural Management.

    The Canadian Museum of Human Rights 2006

  • He spent his year of office in worrying the patricians, which led to his receiving the nickname of "Asper" (i.e. "the Cantankerous").

    The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

  • (Turk.); the latter being made, not of "red copper" but of a vile alloy containing, like the Greek "Asper," some silver; and representing, when at par, the fortieth of a piastre, the latter = 2d. 2/5ths.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Like the guys at Nuremberg ... ps -- We can assume that "Asper" stands for "aspersions."

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • "Asper," she said, "I'm going to save you two lads, no matter how idiotically you act or talk.

    Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Edward Lucas White 1900

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