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...that vein, Dean also said the Democratic Party needed to extend its scope so that it could one day hope to win elections in states like Mississippi and Alabama that have voted solidly Republican in recent decades...
...were wiped out by war, inflation and the growth of the welfare state, which left firms with little incentive to dole out funds. Fueled by high taxes, governments have carried the burden of social justice. If firms gave at all, they sponsored causes that might further their business or extend their marketing. That's changing, as governments squeeze their budgets and a new, less self-interested type of charity takes hold...
...moved to Eastern Europe. "Everyone had come to accept the fatality of it - either they approved it or they lost their jobs," says Serge Truscello, a Bosch employee and union leader at the plant. In June, workers at two Siemens mobile-phone factories in Germany agreed to extend their workweek from 35 to 40 hours with no extra pay in order to keep 2,000 jobs from being shifted to Hungary. That created a copycat effect, as other German companies demanded worker concessions at their own factories. DaimlerChrysler threatened to move 6,000 jobs if workers at its Mercedes factories...
...Divining the direction of U.S.-Iran relations has, in recent years, been greatly complicated by the deep policy divisions in both governments. In Tehran, the reins of formal government are held by Islamist reformers who want to extend individual freedoms and achieve a rapprochement with the West. But the real power remains in the hands of conservative mullahs who insist on maintaining an authoritarian clerical regime and who remain innately hostile to the U.S. and its allies. Tension between those two camps has resulted in often confusing signals emanating from Tehran on key security issues, from its nuclear program...
...Bureau was singled out in the report as needing to redefine and focus its function on campus. University Provost Steven E. Hyman said this spring the Bureau was experiencing “mission creep” as it began to extend itself beWhile the report did not call for the reorganization of the Bureau itself, Ducey’s departure has left the future of the Bureau’s administrative structure up in the air, despite reassurances that the basic structure of the Bureau will remain unchanged...