Coaching Alliances
Central to relationship-building between coach and "client" is to establish this, you have "it" in your partner as you fall backwards into what you expect to be their outstretched arms.
Trust
Canada's second largest export market.
China
General surgeons would be high on their list when they prepare to cross all country lines to offer medical assistance in conflict zones and those impacted by endemic diseases.
Médecins Sans Frontières
The title for the head of Canada's civil service, currently belonging to Ian Shugart.
Clerk
In 1984, this Presidential candidate's advisors approached Bruce Springsteen about using "Born in the USA" as their candidate's campaign song, only to be rebuffed.
Ronald Reagan
Rather than generic or "boiler plate", a reasonable expectation of a client is that their coach will provide them with an approach tailored to suit their particular needs, beyond this, "nothing to declare!"
custom
Back in the days of high oil prices, some economists worried that Canada was on the verge of suffering from a full-blown case of this ailment, when a country's overdependence on exports of primary products pushes up the value of its currency, leading to a downward spiral in its manufacturing productivity and competitiveness.
Dutch Disease
As a military operation, a surgical strike is named as such to represent the meticulous action required by surgeons to complete an operation, one requiring a high degree of exactitude or this.
precision
With over 600 centres across Canada, this arm of the civil service provides as a single point of access to a wide range of government supports and benefits for citizens.
Service Canada
Passing away in 2017 at the age of 90, he was remembered as one of the pioneers, indeed, the "father" of rock n' roll.
Chuck Berry
At the 1998 Nagano Olympics, Head Coach Marc conferred with his Associate coaches, before making the controversial decision to leave Wayne Gretzky off the shootout list against this country, that beat them, and later went on to win gold.
"He's gotta score. No. He doesn't do it."
Czech Republic
In Allistair Macleod's No Great Mischief, Alexander Mcdonald and his clann Chalum Ruaidh bretheren mined for this mineral, a hot export commodity in Canada, and one that is coveted by other countries, some for the nefarious yet predictable purpose to build The Bomb.
uranium
In February 2018, Julia Quick and Paul Stunt had to cut their vacation short after Julia became ill from Diverticulitis, requiring emergency surgery in a hospital in this country.
Mexico
In December 2020, he left his post as top civil servant at Finance Canada and was replaced by the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
Paul Rochon
"It's the best song I wrote" he said flatly after this song was released in 1965. Fast forward 38 years through a journey transcending folk and rock music, to it being feted by RollingStone magazine as the number 1 song of all time. To this day, it truly gathers no dust.
"Like a Rolling Stone"
At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Team Canada Head Coach Mike Babcock joined forces with several Associates, including this rotund coach who was their "eyes in the press box." He shares a surname with a famous mystery writer.
Ken Hitchcock
Founded in 1984 by engineering students Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, early milestones of this company included the introduction of a mobile point-of-sale terminal in 1994, and two-way paging system hardware and software the following year.
Research In Motion
Despite his surgery date for these helpful anatomical sensory aides landing on Sammy's 2nd birthday, Ian is hopeful that it doesn't get pushed again, as he's looking for resolution and a clear path forward.
eyes
This 5,000-strong unit provide a limited military presence in Canada's sparsely settled northern, coastal, and isolated areas where it would not be economically or practically viable to have conventional Army units.
The Canadian Rangers
At the 1996 Grammy Awards, she took home album of the year at the age of 21, making her, at the time, the youngest artist to have accomplished this feat. Oh, she's Canadian, but thank you India.
Alanis Morrissette
Since 1980, "Coach K" has sought buy-in from his players, thus creating an alliance worthy of 5 Division I national championships for a school with this satanic, yet melancholic, team name.
Blue Devils
Driven by the demands of World War I, This industry in Canada's had grown, by 1923, into the second-largest in the world.
automotive
On Oct. 16, 1846, William T.G. Morton demonstrated the mysterious wonder of this substance powerful enough to dull the pain and agony that had long been associated with surgery.
ether
Canada's civil service can be found all over the world. In fact, there's a Canadian Embassy located in Ouagadougou, the capital of this African country that, along with Mali, was instrumental in securing the release of Canadian hostages Robert Fowler and Louis Guay in 2009.
Burkina Faso
Hailing from Montreal, between the seven members, they can play 16 instruments, and the title of their first album, released in 2004, was inspired by deaths in the family of several band members during that year. Since then, they've set games rooms ablaze and toured the world.
Arcade Fire