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...while animated Somalians in red, orange, yellow and green robes barter with customers on Ta'Izz Road, south of the gate. If you really want to be in the thick of all this life, skip the Sheraton and bed down in a hotel tower house, or fonduk. They offer basic facilities, but have incredible atmosphere and great roof-terrace views. Check out Arabia Felix, tel: (967-1) 287 330; www.al-bab.com/arabiafelix or the Golden Dar, tel: (967-1) 273 055. It's hard to sleep in with all those dawn calls to prayer at Sana'a's many mosques...
...wage of $20 per hour as too high. However, this demand is neither rhetorical nor inflated. A September report from the Economic Policy Institute ranked Boston as the most expensive city in the nation. In 2004, a family of four in Boston required $64,656 to pay for basic needs. Housing prices in 2004 were 40 percent higher than in Chicago or Miami. The most common objection to a substantially higher living wage for Harvard janitors asserts that the school will not be able to afford as many janitors because of its fixed operating budget. Harvard’s operating...
...this year by claiming outsider status -- no easy trick for a six-term Congressman -- and supporting heavier use of the death penalty and an end to parole for criminals sentenced to life. Having done that, he could safely stick to middling stands on abortion rights and welfare reform. "My basic philosophy is a conservative one," says Ridge. "But I recognize there are times when government intervention is appropriate, much to the chagrin of some of my Republican counterparts...
...more diverse, with technical support from the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. Mass explained that the government is particularly involved in the project because the area affects the herring runs around it, which are vital for the well-being of the wider ecosystem.“Herring are your basic food chain for the ocean,” she said. “That’s why the herring that run up and down these tributaries are so important.”For the time being, she said, the work will just involve sampling and data collection...
...times, basic competence has been an issue for Bush. His privatization of certain government functions, such as payroll, public defenders and technology, has been beset by logistical snafus and a few contracting scandals. And although he was considered a model of leadership during four hurricanes in 2004, Bush did not get such good reviews in the wake of Wilma because relief supplies were hard to come by. As he is about to begin his final year in office, Bush is often mentioned as a Republican presidential prospect in 2008 or 2012. Still, many observers think he will focus instead...