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...Justice Department as required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The tactics being challenged include some targeted successfully by black voters in the South in the 1960s, such as "packing"--concentrating minorities in one district to minimize their political influence. The issue of voting rights is "the last battleground of the Indian wars," says Jennifer Ring of the Dakotas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which is bringing the suit. In a state where Indians make up 8% of the population, the suit could help galvanize Indian voters to turn out for a Senate race that both parties...
Europe is the main battleground. The Continent consumes 70% of the world's wine and three-quarters of French exports. While wine-drinking has been steadily declining among its traditional aficionados in southern Europe, it is winning new converts among their beer-drinking northern neighbors. Last year, Britain accounted for nearly a quarter of France's exports. But although the British wine market has been expanding regularly for the past decade, France's share of it shrank from 33% in 1995 to 26% last year. Meanwhile, the New World's share rose from 15% to 37%, more than half...
...often how we define ourselves; where we met the people we marry or the lovers who ended that marriage. It's where our ethics are tested. For the great gray majority of Dilberts, it is our battleground--or burial ground. For when we lose that job, we lose part of our identity...
...only councillor who voted against lowering the voting age, David P. Maher, said he was worried that students would be “placed in a political battleground.” But students are responsible enough to deal with candidates and politics. If city council and school committee members give any extra attention to student priorities because 17-year-olds can vote, it will only help the students. They see the direct consequences of school committee decisions, often making them more informed on school issues than some other members of the community...
...that domestic steel manufacturers are cratering - nearly 30 have declared bankruptcy since 1998. This week, the United Steelworkers of America is set to release a study claiming that inaction would cost 300,000 American jobs. Then, of course, there's politics. Steel is vital in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia...