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...another, the hundreds of thousands of UAW retirees are probably going to get a lot less health coverage. The outlines of a plan are likely to be drawn up by Bloom, a pioneer in the voluntary employee beneficiary association (VEBA) approach. In a VEBA, the union agrees to accept a cash payment to fund a new health-care system that trustees administer, thus taking future liabilities off the company's books. That's what happened at Ford, where the company negotiated a deal in which half the VEBA will be funded in the form of stock rather than cash...
...over the last 40 or 50 years, been hiding in basements and [abandoned] manufacturing areas to pray. [Many Germans] have never recognized that they are part of society. Giving them a building which brings them up to the same status [as other faith groups] can help us understand and accept them...
...achieve it. Of course, like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness et al, they will come to realize that it's simply not possible to force a million Unionists into a "united Ireland." Tragically, by then they may have destroyed another generation. Every Nationalist desiring a united Ireland must accept a share of responsibility for these latest atrocities. All our political parties must expunge such desires from their policies. A united Ireland is not our call and must remain off the agenda unless an overwhelming majority of Unionists requests it. Dick Keane, GLENAGEARY, IRELAND...
...think what [Waxman] is proposing will get 60 votes in the Senate," said Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent who has championed global-warming legislation for years. "The early targets are high - higher than the Senate will accept and higher than what we can do, because they impose too much of a burden, particularly on people in states that burn a lot of coal or produce a lot of electricity...
...right-wing Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was sworn in on Tuesday, and its refusal to accept a two-state solution with the Palestinians has already set it on a collision course with the Obama Administration...