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...product of frequent liaisons that continued until she forced a breakup this summer. Blunkett apparently managed to have hair samples collected from the 2-year-old's brush to confirm his paternity through private DNA testing. He was in court last week as part of his attempt to gain paternal access rights...
...would-be presidents look to the internet to gather votes, campus bands like Chester French have created groups to keep fans informed and gain new ones...
...mean to suggest that there’s anything inherently wrong with exchanging gifts at Christmastime—it’s a tradition that can’t be argued with. However, when corporations exploit what was once, believe it or not, a religious tradition for financial gain, marketing the idea of a holiday and the traditions that accompany it and using their advertising to turn the exchange of gifts into an obligation rather than a gesture of love or friendship, they detract from the holiday and from the spirit of the season. It’s enough...
...employees] request formation of a union, Wal-Mart China would respect their wishes and honor its obligation under China's Trade Union Law." The company succumbed to pressure from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the only legal labor organization in China. The ACFTU has struggled to gain a foothold in the country's booming private sector. "Imagine what American workers in Wal-Mart stores are going to say," says Robin Munro, research director at the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin. "'Chinese workers living under communism are allowed to have unions in Wal-Mart stores...
...Democratic filibuster would make the Democratic Party, and our two party system, nearly irrelevant. The Democrats would have no political clout—the Republicans could call all the shots themselves and the Democrats would be mere pundits criticizing Republican policy with the hope that they might gain seats next election cycle. I don’t think that anyone would say that such an uncritical, one-sided debate would be healthy for our democracy...