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...feature of UAW contracts for more than half a century was diverted to cover health-care expenses, says Amy Bronson, who recently retired from Chrysler LLC and is now working on a Ph.D. at Wayne State University in Detroit. Union members also paid more for health care and gave ground on work rules, which critics claim drive up operating costs. In many plants, the work rules have been virtually eliminated, she says...
...when he’s trying to improve student life.”Schwartz says he has dedicated his extracurricular life to attempting to “understand what students wanted” and that he brings the “advocacy experience” necessary to hit the ground running should he take office. He has shied away from addressing neither his Club affiliation nor the Girl Talk debacle. In his rapid-fire manner, he is able to outline members of the College administration, University administration, and the student body who will be able to bring his plans...
...British Parliament—are in love with Phyllis. After the fairy queen (Meghan D. McLoughlin ’09) pardons Iolanthe for her crime, Strephon appeals to his mother for help in gaining Phyllis’ hand. The situation and the complications that follow provide plenty of fertile ground for satire...
...invasion, far more than the Administration had said were needed. He supported the military tradition of preparing for the worst, deploying more troops than might be necessary and then bringing the surplus home. He accurately predicted that ethnic tensions would trigger violence in Iraq and require significant ground forces to contain. The war ultimately required a "surge" of 30,000 additional troops beginning in January 2007, validating Shinseki's premonition. But Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz had belittled his assessment...
Green Air. Emirates begins nonstop service this week between Dubai and San Francisco. To make the 16-hour flight on a Boeing 777 as green as possible, the airline will fly a direct route over Russia, minimize idling time on the ground and even wash the planes before take-off to reduce drag. Emirates is also launching Airbus A380 service between Dubai and London...