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...seeming make-work did not go down easily. In June 1993, Roemer introduced an amendment to cut off station funding. The measure failed, but only by a whisker, 216 to 215. In a partisan Congress, a one-vote margin is a tenuous thing, and in order to widen the gap, NASA turned to a time-tested budgetary strategy, spreading the wealth...
...conservative predecessors, including such behemoths as Thomson Multimedia, Air France and France Telecom. France's economic growth this year is projected by some to exceed 4%, the strongest performance of any major European country. Though France was slow to plug into the Internet, it is quickly closing the gap, and its burgeoning New Economy could account for as much as 20% of all French production this year...
Hasty: I face this too, and I believe we're being fooled in this economy. The gap is widening between the skilled and the unskilled. In Chicago I was surprised to learn that in certain inner-city communities, the unemployment rate is as high as 15%. In these areas you see a lot of despair, a lot of hopelessness, and I think it's because the economy is changing from a muscles-and-brawn type of economy to one that requires a lot more education...
...plans to move soon into Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Thanks to Kaempfer's vision, millions of Europeans can comfortably shop at places like the Parndorf Designer Outlet, east of Vienna, just as they can in Michigan or New Jersey, for huge savings on brand names like Nike and Gap. "BAA McArthurGlen is the pioneer of pan-European outlet shopping," says Clive Minihan, director of the Credo Group, a developer of retail and new-media business in London. Pioneering has paid off. BAA McArthurGlen has grown from scratch to a sizable (revenues of $472.3 million in the fiscal year ending...
...Martha Stewart or Carmen Elektra? Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan? Fleetwood Mac or Eminem? MAXIM or Esquire? Skis or snowboards? GAP or French Connection? 'Friends' or 'Sex and the City'? Espresso or latte? Martini or Martinellis...