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...holiday, guaranteeing a traditional summer exodus to beaches and mountains. When France adopted the 35-hour workweek in 2000, many employers met the requirement by simply adding to their employees' annual holiday allowances. It's not uncommon to find French workers with enough time to take both July and August off from work - paid, of course. Yet just as summer holidays come into full swing, the 35-hour week itself looks like it might get a permanent vacation. Back in 2000, France's Socialist government promised shorter weeks would create jobs. Working fewer hours, it argued, would require more workers...
Originally published August...
...finish was not high enough to place her in the United States final, she was subsequently named to the Olympic squad of her father’s native Philippines as the country’s sole female swimming representative and will travel to Athens to compete in late August...
Originally published August...
...bring the nations of the world together through the arts," observes London-based writer-director-producer Giles Ramsey, who first went to Edinburgh with his college revue in 1985 and will be working this summer with longtime Edinburgh arts producer Richard Demarco. "For the month of August, the city doesn't belong to Scotland. It belongs to everyone...