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...Cleveland Library Votes Giuliani." Well, not exactly, but what Egger, who runs a Washington, D.C., soup kitchen, does want is for nonprofit organizations to break their traditional silence in presidential politics - a silence prompted by the complex rules governing tax-exempt status. Egger points out that nonprofits employ 14 million Americans, nearly 10% of the national workforce, and hold assets of $1.76 trillion. "We've got to organize," Egger urges, "take our seat at the table and be heard...
...made the country home to a rocketing finance industry as well. By April 2007, Mauritius was hosting 31,815 foreign companies, including 487 investment funds with a total net asset value of $36.92 billion. Some of that wealth is offshore, but the industry's lawyers, banks and investment houses employ Mauritians and do business with them...
...even if the University of Illinois trotted out a modern Native American in civilian clothes, he would still be objectified. Sports franchises employ people of all races as mascots, but the sticking point is very rarely race itself. In the end, the University of Illinois wants a Native American for its own amusement—solely because he is a Native American. That is racist...
...others," Henri Guaino, a special advisor to Sarkozy, told the daily Libération. During a visit to Germany on Monday, Sarkozy voiced even steelier determination when declaring, "We were elected to transform France, and will apply these reforms because they must be applied." Aware of union promises to employ bare-knuckled defense of the "special regime" pensions, French Prime Minister François Fillon advised his parliamentary backers to "fasten your seat belts" ahead of tomorrow's turbulence...
...Certainly, this week's love-fest has been a two-way affair, and Bush has his own reasons for making nice with the auslanders. Nor is Bush lacking in tactical ability when he chooses to employ it: He is playing Merkel and Sarkozy off each other, for example, exploiting the tense relations between the two in the interest of pressuring for progress on Iranian nuclear negotiations and greater help from both in Afghanistan. But after this week's warm and fuzzy meetings, don't be surprised if more and more foreign leaders realize now's the time to get what...