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The push back has been vigorous, and not just from the usual business groups. States are reflectively resisting federal intrusion, besides being concerned about getting saddled with an unfunded mandate. Opponents also contend that shady business practices will just move offshore and put the tax dollars in another country's...
For too long, Haitians have been neglected by their northern neighbors and forgotten by the constituencies on whose behalf wealthier governments claim to act. After being established by former slaves and revolting against its French master in 1804, Haiti was not welcomed into the international community of independent nations. The...
Peter the Great - who was rumored to drink up to half a gallon (2 L) of vodka a day - cracked down on home-brewed alcohol by creating liquor licenses, which were required in order to sell vodka. Catherine the Great made it illegal for anyone other than the aristocracy to...
The University of California has reached a financial impasse that cannot be overcome without painful measures. Its Board of Regents recognizes this inconvenient truth and has resorted to increasing tuition costs by an additional $2,500 for the next academic year, a proportional increase of about a third for in...
The case focuses on a false employment scheme that Chirac was allegedly involved in toward the end of his time in the mayor's office from 1994-1995. Chirac and members of his City Hall staff are suspected of having created nearly 500 fictional consulting jobs for members of Chirac...