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...extremely low welfare use in part to a work ethic that runs strong in this Norman Rockwell patch of small towns and farms scattered across south-central Wisconsin. "You know what work is at a very young age on a farm," says Judi Mayer of the Montello Area Chamber of Commerce. But welfare professionals say a key factor is the attitude of the local welfare office. Marquette's social services department has, in director Kenneth Ramminger's words, "an expectation of work." His staff knows the employers in the region, and inquiries about welfare turn quickly into referrals to local...
...Turning Leaf, with its lower price, was aimed at a different market from Vintner's Reserve. And they strenuously denied copying Kendall-Jackson or anyone else. They pointed to the dozens of bottles on exhibit--so many that the courtroom looked more like a tasting room than a legal chamber--to argue that Kendall-Jackson's look was neither unique nor distinctive...
...Tories were not amused. Cell phones were already banned in the chamber because of their disruptive rings, but use of a silent pager presented a whole new issue. And the notion of stiff-lipped British pols beeping and winking their way through the Commons made more than one Conservative M.P. queasy. After mulling the matter over for an evening, Speaker Betty Boothroyd ruled that using the gadgets as an aide-memoire was "totally unacceptable," handing the Tories a victory in battle. But with the general election fast approaching, Labour's rapid response showed its determination...
...worked here for the past 10 years, and the [Cambridge] Chamber of Commerce opened up this booth 11 years ago," said Gillette as he directed a tourist in search of a Harvard T-shirt to the Coop...
...popular image that depicts him as a weak-kneed, befuddled leader whose ideas are nothing more than stale leftovers from the Thatcher era. On the "progressive" front, Blair's party pledges to abolish the voting powers of the hereditary aristocrats who sit in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of parliament. The six-week campaign is scheduled to kick off on April 8, when parliament will be officially dissolved and will feature a first for the country: Blair and Major have agreed, in principle, to hold an American-style televised debate. As for Major, he remains ? at least...