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...flexible labor market, people earn good money - and Brussels is trying to do away with it," griped Digby Jones, director general of the Confederation of British Industry. But the vote was widely welcomed in France , where the official workweek is just 35 hours. The U.K. government will try to block Parliament's move at a meeting of E.U. labor ministers next month, and may get support from as many as eight other countries, including Germany and Ireland , who want the E.U. to focus on boosting sluggish economic growth rather than tightening social protection. - By Peter Gumbel...
...characters: Kathleen Moran, a Catholic mother of four living on the front line of Belfast's Ballymurphy estate, and John Dunn, a former British soldier with uncomfortable memories of his tours of duty in Ulster. Moran's eldest son, Sean, has joined the 40 or so prisoners on his block in the Maze who are on "dirty protest" - living naked rather than wearing a prison uniform, and smearing their excrement on their cell walls. Dunn has returned to Ulster as a prison officer in the Maze, drawn by good money and hopes of finally settling down with his Protestant girlfriend...
...around at random like the battle-panicked infantryman you are, surrounded by hundreds of your fully realized, equally panicked brothers in arms. You can accomplish your goals (or die trying) in whatever order seems expedient: no more invisible barriers. Clouds of dust and smoke float up and block the sun, interfering with the ambient light--war is finally getting its fog. The chaos is astonishingly visceral: you're Joe Grunt, playing your little part in vast events that are beyond your puny ken. This is war the way Tolstoy described it, or Stendhal, or Stephen Crane, seen from the bottom...
...will be remedied when the College expands into Allston—it is the administration’s responsibility to look for ways to accommodate the need for more student space. However, it is disheartening that the College continually seems to marginalize the needs of Quad students. A multi-block trek to the Yard is already a bother; these students should not be deprived of the same amenities enjoyed by River residents...
...protest is part of an ongoing effort on college campuses nationwide to oppose recent efforts by Republican Senators to prevent Democratic Senators from using filibusters as a means to block President Bush’s judicial appointments...