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They also warned her of a strong reaction if a compromise was imposed without their agreement. Said Paisley: "We left her in no doubt that if we don't have a democratic system, the politicians will be swept aside and other people not interested in politics will take over. Let the ballot speak before the bomb and bullet speak." For the moment, Unionist politicians ruled out disruptive street demonstrations and strikes because they were fearful of causing further damage to the province's already ailing economy, with its 21.8% unemployment rate. But they did schedule a mass rally in Belfast...
...doubt about it, David Threshie once deserved your pity. When Threshie became publisher of the Orange County Register in 1979, he inherited a crotchety, shabbily written newspaper content to doze in the shadow of its bigcity neighbor, the Los Angeles Times. Its news columns were infected with the libertarian philosophy of its editorials (public schools were called "tax-supported schools"), and the biggest headlines were saved for crime and sex stories. A sympathetic nod should also have gone to Chris Anderson, whom Threshie picked as the paper's editor in 1980. A onetime disk jockey and former associate managing editor...
...Spread out on a sofa in his Parliament House office, Foreign Minister Downer has the answer to that one down pat: "We get imports more cheaply, and we get better access to their export markets. There's no doubt that the net impact on our economy would be very positive." And politically? "An FTA is a way of building a very strong bond with a country," Downer says. He believes the Chinese view Australia as more important to them than before, while Canberra's friendship with Washington gives it "gravitas" in the region. "As China's economic power has grown...
...Crimson might have entered the race an underdog for the first time in over two years, but the varsity boat left little doubt that the Harvard crew of 2005 is every bit as competitive as the boats that won national championships...
...creation of a union would no doubt address the grievances of graduate students at Yale and Columbia. A union could advocate on behalf of TFs to an unprecedented extent. Additionally, the university-wide common pay scales that the graduate student organizations are calling for would be a marked improvement over flat payment schemes that are currently used, which give TFs little incentive to improve or invest more time in their teaching. Unionization could also fix financial aid for graduate students, the terms of which in many instances require them to teach sections. No undergraduate should have to endure a section...