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...step around the legal 35-hour work-week limit hasn't done much to stiffen French work habits. And though his showdown in November with militant unions and striking transport workers over generous special pensions was hailed as an unprecedented success, Sarkozy still hasn't produced a final agreement to end that conflict, which could flame anew when talks on tightening general retirement schemes open this spring...
...Europe will never be in total agreement on the need to use force in out-of-the-way places. For the U.S. - as Gates said in Munich - Sept. 11, 2001 was a "galvanizing event, one that opened the American public's eyes to dangers from distant lands." Europeans too have suffered from terrorism, of course, but never on the scale of 9/11. For their part, Europeans are cognizant in a way that few Americans are that the use of force in the developing world can be counter-productive, summoning up the ghosts of a racist colonialism among those...
...days of legal immunity for civilian contractors in Iraq may be numbered, as Washington and Baghdad prepare to renegotiate a long-term bilateral security agreement. Ahead of negotiations on the issue, which could begin in two weeks, the Bush Administration is trying to hammer out its positions on key issues such as authority over combat operations and detentions, as well as other elements of the mission over the next 24 months and beyond. And top of the list of deal-breakers for the Iraqis, is contractor immunity...
...Leaky BucketThere's no magic formula for what makes a good teacher, but there is general agreement on some of the prerequisites. One is an unshakable belief in children's capacity to learn. "Anyone without this has no business in the classroom," says Margaret Gayle, an expert on gifted education at Duke University, who has trained thousands of teachers in North Carolina. Another requirement, especially in the upper grades, is a deep knowledge of one's subject. According to research on teacher efficacy by statistician William Sanders, the higher the grade, the more closely student achievement correlates to a teacher...
...arrival at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum yesterday afternoon. Calderón, who narrowly won the presidency in 2006, has dealt with protests since before he took office, on topics ranging from his contested electoral victory to his support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA...