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602:"Newfoundland's new premier pledges to heal wounds"
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858:"Ex-premier Grimes all business at party roast"
742:"The Grimes Government - Heritage Newfoundland"
722:. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 2002
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268:Memorial University, B.S., B.Ed., M.Ed.
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794:"Grimes resigns from political life"
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406:Lowest per-capita income in Canada.
324:In 1989, Grimes was elected to the
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576:"Nfld.'s Grimes resigns"
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748:. Heritage Newfoundland
678:. CBC News. Dec 6, 2001
604:. CBC News. Feb 5, 2001
484:Lower Churchill Project
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351:Grimes won the 2001
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