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...Fears abound that the millions of young people who have never managed to land a full-time job might become a subclass permanently doomed to part-time work and paltry wages. "You have people competing for the diminishing number of good jobs, and a lot of kids just don't have the resources to compete," says Scott North, a sociologist at Osaka University. Those trends, he adds, may in turn worsen Japan's declining birthrate. "If you don't have stable employment, it'll be hard to get married, hard to raise children...
...Regular listeners (and I'm one of them) had expected this announcement for more than a year. There was a time, early in his move from Manhattan to Minnesota last January, when he was interviewing every progressive candidate in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. ("If elected, I promise not just to catch dogs but to care for them.") Lately, we knew Franken was serious about running because, when guests would start dissing Coleman on the air, he would change the subject. He knew that FCC laws forbid a declared candidate from having his own radio show...
...This Land Is Whose Land? Your article "In the land of the lonely" [Feb. 5] reported that the nearly 300,000 Jews who live in the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) have responded to hundreds of murders, maimings and kidnappings by throwing stones and name calling. While your article designated the area as "Arab territory," it must be remembered that the Arab world perceives all the land of Israel as theirs, with no room for Jews. When Israel retreated from Gaza, the Arabs there established a well-armed terrorist infrastructure that has been raining missiles down...
...stating that the museum project should not be approved in its current form. The letter cited several concerns, particularly the size of the museum’s location, to explain why the task force sought to delay approval of the project. “Harvard has the resources of land, money, and art to build a world-class museum in Allston,” the members wrote in the letter. “Barry’s Corner and Boston should settle for nothing less.” But Harvard University Art Museums Director Thomas W. Lentz said...
...Jews and Arabs may battle over land and religion, but according to these stand-up comics, they share the same kind of self-deprecating humor. In a serious vein, Campbell says, "Downtrodden ethnic groups have a history of humor, and it seems to come out of that tragic experience. Certainly, the Palestinians have lots to talk about in that respect - as do the Jews." Freeman adds with a grin, "Well, Jews have self-deprecating humor and Arab-deprecating humor...