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Glinne's ire is focused on the case of tiny, traditionally Catholic Luxembourg. Because of historic church opposition to cremation, Luxembourg has no crematoriums of its own. Until mid-1968, when the Six abolished international customs and substituted a complex system of "taxes on value added" (T.V.A.), this was no great problem; when a Luxembourgeois who believed in cremation died, his family would simply have him taken across the French border to Strasbourg. But under T.V.A., French tax collectors consider cremation a taxable "service rendered to a private person." As a result, they now dun bereaved Luxembourgeois...
Heath's worry is partly one of timing. After several preliminary sessions, the crucial negotiations for British entry are now scheduled for mid-May in Brussels. If the six Market members (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and West Germany) do not agree in principle to British admission by July, Heath, who must face his party conference in October, is certain to run into a severe backlash in Britain. The Prime Minister and his Conservative Party remain committed to seeking EEC membership, but the British public is less enthusiastic. Food prices would rise 26% after entry, pushing...
Krasner is charged with making the battling ram used in the January 15, 1970 takeover by the Rosa Luxembourg chapter of SDS at M.I.T...
...themselves. What we can only share in this show is the enthusiasm of the Paris scene, with Matisse's bright colors and sensual forms and Picasso's unlimited perceptions; we can't help but turn the corners on the Left Bank with the Steins as we go through the Luxembourg Gardens with its marionette shows and young girls basking in the sun or as we pass by windows with prolific flowers to sell or as we smell the crepes just coming off the griddles; these are all parts of the Stein collection...
...paid for entirely by European members, who pledged to ante up some $920 million above their normal contributions over the next five years. The West Germans alone are paying for 40% of the "infrastructure" items, and will also provide low-cost credit to Turkey for its share. Even Luxembourg, with its army of 560 men, responded to the call and doubled its normal pledge...