Word: foreign
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...days of protest against the bill that began Thursday, and a military spokesman said Friday the law had been withdrawn because "half the people do not understand its contents." The climb-down is a second humiliation for the Indonesian military only five days after it was forced to accept foreign peacekeepers' taking control of its old stamping grounds in East Timor...
Newsflash for linguists: Apparently, there is no German translation for "unlimited guarantee." And if you?re a foreign company that happens to forget this little rule of commerce, or offer your customers a little promotional gift, a consortium of 1,600 German businesses will be happy to take you to court to keep you in line. The latest defendant in the German war against "unfair competition" is Wisconsin-based clothier Lands? End. The charge? That Lands? End?s unlimited money-back guarantee ? inviting consumers to return any of the company?s products, at any time, for any reason ? is illegal...
...seen, since understanding of the hackers? methodology remains hazy. TIME technology columnist Josh Quittner is optimistic that the problem will be solved, but it may take a while. "It's going to be hard for the U.S. government to enforce local law internationally," says Quittner, referring to the foreign locations of the hackers. "The best solution is technical, not legal, and I'm sure someone is working on this. Sooner or later whatever loophole these jokers are exploiting will be closed." In the meantime, adds Quittner, parents should continue to keep an eye on their kids? web habits. And maybe...
...TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson, it?s just a lot of political hay. "This whole espionage angle was overblown by the Republicans for political purposes," he says. "There have always been, and will always be, attempts by possible foreign adversaries to plunder our secrets ? and occasionally they?ll succeed. But if the Chinese got anything, they didn?t get very much." Will the reorganization help? Thompson doubts it. The labs do have some inherent porousness ? mostly the results of a college campus-like atmosphere ? yet it is that atmosphere which is critical to attracting the field?s best and brightest...
...trend toward better working conditions in factories abroad. It?s part and parcel of the globalization process." These days, Baumohl explains, when a U.S.-based company sends manufacturing contracts abroad, it is expected, and sometimes required, to pay a reasonable wage for services rendered. In countries highly dependent on foreign contracts, an increase in manufacturing-job salaries means a considerable upswing in the national standard of living. Rising wages in foreign countries are good news to U.S. labor interests as well, says Baumohl. Immigrant workers, such as the factory employees who recently launched a campaign against conditions...