July 19, 1999

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The Mail

A common currency with the United States is not advisable if Washington has control over monetary policy (“Say it ain’t so,” Cover, July 5). Canada would have to have input on these policies before a common currency was adopted, which the United States would likely not agree to.

Opening Notes

Since it was painted 400 years ago, St. John the Baptist, a masterpiece by Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, has been in Rome. Considered a cultural treasure in Italy, the painting has hung in the worlds oldest public museum, the Capitoline, since 1750. By Tanya Davies, D’Arcy Jenish5 min