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Boardroom visions of apocalypse seem somewhat exaggerated. The ascendancy of the Socialists is surely no revolution, any more?and probably less???than Reaganism's triumph in the U.S. In many ways, the coming of the new government represents a renewal of some deep-seated French traditions and values. State intervention in economic and social matters, for example, goes as far back as Louis XIV. Even the 35-hour work week coincides with a traditional French preference for leisure over the exclusive pursuit of material wealth. No other nation on earth closes up shop for a month with such flair...
...fact, Mexico plans to reduce its sales to the U.S., which now buys 85% of Pemex's imported crude, to 60% or less???even though the U.S. can offer a higher price for Mexican oil because shipping costs to American ports are lower than to more distant destinations...
...against a big American sky, and you get a comedy like Little Big Man. Half the fans think Pacino is De Niro, while the rest are pretty sure De Niro is Pacino. Anyway, they are consummate, protean actors, not archetypes, and they never pretended, or wanted, to be anything less???or more, depending on the point of view...
...highest anxiety ratings, based on complex personality tests. That they come just ahead of the Navy's underwater demolition teams (frogmen) is probably due more to their higher verbal abilities than to on-the-job hazards. Air pilots in training have, naturally, more anxiety than business executives; priests have less???but this may be a reflection of their having found a certainty of faith and of a rigid routine that conceals if it does not catharize anxiety. Convicts have far less than average. This reflects both routine and the high prison population of conscienceless psychopaths. Least anxious...
Cars weighing 1,100 kilograms or less??? 8 francs per kilo (roughly 16?...