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...casts doubt over France's ability to meet the strict criteria for inclusion in a new European currency by 1999, reports Paris Bureau chief Thomas Sancton: "The questions are: Can they create new jobs? Can they stimulate consumption through raising purchasing power and at the same time meet the EU goals? Unless the Socialists' plans can be offset by tax increases -- and in France, taxes are the highest in Europe -- they are going to run up huge deficits. If they do that, and if the rules are strictly adhered to by all the partners, the French are going to have...
...Party candidate. Bashing Prime Minister John Major for his lack of coherent policies toward the European Union, the paper said Blair was "the obvious answer" to produce a "constructive engagement" with Europe. The endorsement was particularly galling to Major, since both candidates take essentially the same position on the EU. The difference is mainly in mood: While Blair sounds notes of hope and confidence, Major is so uncertain that his own troops are deserting him. Still, the paper did present the endorsement with an asterisk, chiding Blair for not spelling out what "New Labour" actually stands for other than...
...exaggerated, vowel-rich sounds of Parentese appear to resemble the choice morsels fed to hatchlings by adult birds. The University of Washington's Patricia Kuhl and her colleagues have conditioned dozens of newborns to turn their heads when they detect the ee sound emitted by American parents, vs. the eu favored by doting Swedes. Very young babies, says Kuhl, invariably perceive slight variations in pronunciation as totally different sounds. But by the age of six months, American babies no longer react when they hear variants of ee, and Swedish babies have become impervious to differences in eu...
...become a symbolic gesture of declining value, the president's real purpose was to prove that he is able to show up at work. Aides aroused new suspicions about his health problems Monday, when they canceled Yeltsin's planned Feb. 4 trip to the Netherlands to consult with EU leaders. His March summit with President Clinton had already been postponed, and now are placing increased emphasis on a meeting next month between fellow heartbeat-aways Chernomyrdin and Al Gore...
...accuses of sponsoring terror. The Europeans' first response, now underway, is drafting legislation that would make it illegal for European companies to comply with either the anti-terror law or the Helm-Burton Act, which provides similar U.S. sanctions against businesses dealing with Cuba. From there, the EU is also considering limiting the visas of U.S. business executives -->