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Some allegiances matter more than others, and Sweden proved the point. No one in that country, grieving over the senseless murder of the pro-euro Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh (see box), considered it a blot on her memory that 56% of those voting wanted to keep the krona. Indeed, it was largely in her honor that 82.6% of the electorate turned out to vote - they paid their respects by participating, not by agreeing with her. Their anti-euro sentiment is shared by many in the U.K. Two key factors drive that opposition, and prevent Tony Blair from calling a referendum...
...finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own, and having pow'r T' inforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. . . . And worse than all, and most to be deplored As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man? And what man seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself...
...toughness to win votes. Blair's goal isn't so much union-busting as long-term political survival. Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced that the government had to borrow $31 billion this year because the slowing economy is depleting tax receipts - the first big blot on his record of fiscal wizardry. Unless the economy rebounds, that number may well have to grow. A big raise for the firefighters (they are seeking a whopping 40%) would set a costly precedent for other public employees. If the government starts doling out that kind of cash, money would...
...good news is, other treatments work quite well in combatting heart disease and osteoporosis. Several studies have shown the benefits of aspirin, beta-blockers and, for women at particularly high risk, ACE inhibitors to prevent blot clots and reduce high blood pressure. For women with a history of low bone density, biphosphonates (which reduce bone destruction) and raloxifene (Evista) can help ward off fractures...
...expected shortfall, and such surpluses will not continue when Social Security starts running annual deficits in the hundreds of billions ($252 billion by 2030, $516 billion by 2070). By then, budget reports will be dripping far too much red ink for the “lockbox” to blot...