Word: breton
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...Democratic Roosevelt preside over periods when capitalism was saved from itself,” Summers said. “This is our challenge today.” CAPITALISM IN DANGER?A panel moderated by Business School professor Michael E. Porter further explored the difficulties currently facing capitalism.Thierry J. Breton, the former French minister of economy, finance, and industry, emphasized the importance of understanding why there exists widespread discontent with capitalism.“We want a better life for ourselves and for our children. That is what capitalism is all about,” Breton said. “People...
Because many MySpace users are teenagers, state governments have expressed concern over sexual predators prowling the site and victimizing minors, said Amie Breton, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, in an e-mailed statement...
...Where Sarkozy's blunt speech and take-charge manner had earlier won him cheers, polls suggest that those qualities now strike many French voters as intemperate, belligerent and undignified. This weekend's incident was not the first. During a visit last November to a Breton fishing port, one fisherman's taunts and insults got so under the president's skin that he dared his heckler to come face him. During his first major press conference as president in January, Sarkozy took such deep exception to questions from journalists he considered unfriendly that some of his replies struck observers as petulant...
...Amie Breton, spokesperson for the Massachusetts attorney general’s office, said yesterday that she could neither confirm nor deny that an investigation into Handa’s disappearance is going...
...Regardless, the impact of this trip is bound to be short-lived in both countries and rapidly replaced in France by headlines announcing the wave of strikes protesting reform and economic upheaval. Even before he left for Washington on Monday, Sarkozy made a stop in the Breton port of Le Guilvinec to meet with infuriated fishermen demanding aid to offset sky-rocketing fuel prices. (They got it, but not before raucous crowds left Sarkozy sputtering in fury while responding.) French college students took to the streets Thursday to protest already approved educational reforms, and have pledged to join...