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...unmanageable headache for French governments since 1975. Conservative detractors like Nicole Ameline, spokeswoman for the centrist Liberal Democracy Party, argued the bill legitimizes "violence as a means of gaining political recognition." Other rightists condemned it as "preparing independence." The loudest protests came from Jospin's own leftist majority. Former Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement - who resigned last year in protest against Jospin's plans - decried the bill, asking, "Who is so naive to believe that whatever is granted to Corsicans today won't also be demanded tomorrow by the Basques, Bretons, Savoyards?" Similar misgivings were privately voiced...
...information about the product. But this campaign, which ran late last year on French digital satellite pay-TV channel TPS, is a glimpse of the future. Interested viewers could use their remotes to click on an icon and find out what colors the car comes in, what the interior looks like, how much the car costs and where they could finance it. What's more, they could assemble a virtual version of their dream car with all the desired options and e-mail it to Opel via their TV. Wish list in hand, Opel then searched for the closest dealers...
...Smart pens will take precedence over smart notebooks which will take precedence over smart desks which will take precedence over smart rooms which will take precedence over smart houses. Certain exceptions will be granted. For instance, in cases of environmental control, interior decoration, security, knowledge access, large scale entertainment (including parties), documentation, communication and smell abatement the order will be reversed. Disagreements between smart objects that can't be resolved in five minutes of argument can be brought to trial or arbitration...
...most popular politician in Spain, always outpointing his boss, Prime Minister José María Aznar, in opinion polls. Jaime Mayor Oreja has a deep, calming voice, is rarely ruffled and, during five years as Interior Minister, had a good record as overseer of police actions against the Basque terrorist group ETA. A Basque himself, he seemed to be the perfect pick when Aznar made him the Popular Party's candidate for 'lehendakari', or president, of the autonomous northern region in the May 13 elections. Most commentators agreed, especially after the PP and the Socialists joined in an informal...
...group is protesting Rubin’s role in a lawsuit that claims the Treasury Department and the Department of the Interior never paid billions of dollars owed to American Indians living on reservations—and then destroyed the boxes of documents that proved the mismanagement...