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...many British do not feel European and still live in the atmosphere symbolized by that famous headline: fog on the channel; continent isolated. When people criticize the supposed lack of democracy with which the E.U. rules are instituted, they forget that those rules must be approved by the European Council, composed of elected ministers representing all the member countries. The problem is that, in many countries, a politician is used to saying "I decided it" when a measure is popular and "Sorry, but Brussels has decided it" when it is unpopular, even though he had the same role in voting...
...Edwards has also worked at the Council on Foreign Relations for Gene Sperling, who was former president Bill Clinton’s chief economic advisor. Edwards aided Sperling with his work on a women’s education program that aimed to educate girls in developing countries...
After 20 Cambridge Police officers appealed to the city council last night— saying that officers who also serve in military combat receive a smaller net paycheck than other city employees pulling double duty—the council passed a measure to give all enlisted employees their full city salary while in combat. Surrounded by supporters and colleagues in police uniform, Detectives Thomas Glynn and Brian Branley—each of whom served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard—said “other city employees have received full pay during their deployments?...
Undergraduate Council (UC) President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 accused the University of hindering a range of reforms to the academic calendar, the curriculum, and student life. At a UC meeting last night, he warned that if the administration did not address the council’s complaints, outlined in a lengthy “Declaration of Grievances,” a sit-in was a “viable option...
...change of tack by the Bush Administration may reflect the mixed results of its efforts to isolate Iran: On the one hand, the U.S. has managed to overcome Russian and Chinese objections to secure two important U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions turning up the heat on Iran, and it has managed to constrict Iran's access to global capital markets. But despite the pressure, none of these actions has prompted Tehran to change course. And many of the governments on which the U.S. would rely to implement an isolation strategy - friendly Arab leaders and the Europeans - have strongly echoed calls...