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Wayne Sales (born December 28, 1949) is the former Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.. He held position from August 2000 to May 2006. Prior to this, he held the position of Executive VP, Canadian Tire Retail. In May of 2006, Mr. Sales was replaced by current President and CEO Tom Gauld.

In 2004, the Retail Council of Canada recognized Sales’ accomplishments in leading Canadian Tire to outstanding business success. In recognition of this feat he was presented with the Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year Award.

Sales was named the top Canadian CEO in Canadian Business magazine’s 2005 All-Star Execs list, which was published in the April 25-May 8, 2005 issue.

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See also: 1988 Winter Olympics

The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games were the fourth winter Paralympics and they were held in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics; beginning in 1992 the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent city.

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Tire Science and Technology is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published by the Tire Society. The journal was founded in 1973, and published until 1977 by a committee of ASTM. In 1978, the Tire Society was formed to carry on the journal, and continue its mission “to increase and disseminate knowledge of the science and technology of tires”. The journal is published quarterly. It addresses the development and application of experimental, analytical, and computational science in which the tire figures prominently.

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See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on this term and related weather terms.

A Lake Effect Snow Advisory is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when pure lake effect snow may pose a hazard or is life threatening. The snow must be directly caused by a lake and not by a low pressure system. The criteria for this advisory vary from area to area.

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