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...Denmark to Spain, have put in place the conditions for reform with a mixture of judicious spending cuts, farsighted policy fixes and a willingness to embrace the opportunities presented by a changing world. By contrast, the French debate remains stuck in a time warp. Even that perennial, the 35-hour week, is now back on the agenda; Royal and her Socialist Party challengers spent a part of their first televised debate last month discussing whether those hours should be extended to include everyone. It's time for France to have a real debate about the real issues, in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Spaced-Out Electoral Debate | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...three-hour long tailgate will have multiple stations manned by staff from Professional Bartending Inc. that will sell beer and spiked hot chocolate to students of legal drinking age for $1, the rules state. Students must show two forms of identification, including a Harvard ID and a driver's license or passport...

Author: By Ying Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Secures Permit for Tailgate | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...living wage. Instead of talking to Harvard’s famed labor economists about how wage structures work, they denounce capitalists. Instead, they work backwards to determine that the “living wage” of a single adult with two children in Boston is $29.64 per hour, an annual income of $62,589, which is about 135% higher than the median household income in the U.S. Boston on a whole has slightly higher wages—the median was $52,792 per year in the 2000 census for the metropolitan area—but whatever benchmark is used...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein | Title: Reasonable Activism | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...them actually praying together in the classroom, and finally, a lively segment of them practicing the call to prayer. Noting my horrified look, my friend explained that "public schools here are really much better these days." Much better, apparently, means that alongside Islamic indoctrination, kids also receive an hour of music lessons a week, their textbooks include color pictures, and teachers no longer say "raise your hand if your parents drink alcohol at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising a Child in Iran's Cultural Divide | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...much more likely to be bombed. This morning as I woke up, the sound of an explosion reached my bedroom window, which is mostly covered by a stack of sandbags to guard against blasts. Then another. I'm told that's normal, just the sound of morning rush hour around here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kid on the (Baghdad) Block | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

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