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...Britain. Nobody has an accurate count of the number of British Muslims--estimates range from 1.5 million to 2.5 million--but they run the gamut of all social classes. In the West End of London, rich playboys from the gulf states are staples of the clubbing scene. In rundown mill towns in the north of England, by contrast, thousands of native Pakistanis struggle in an environment where jobs are scarce, racism is rampant and arranged marriages are the norm...
...Ohio factory, Bill Sopko anxiously awaits the President's ruling. An independent who voted for Bush, he would love to buy American, and until recently he did, sourcing his steel from a mill just 12 miles away. But that mill, owned by LTV, shut down last year. No other U.S. mill made the high-strength, low-alloy grade of steel that Sopko's client demanded. So Sopko started buying steel made in Europe by Arcelor and Corus...
Already, as more integrated mills shutter their furnaces, the minis keep expanding. Steel Dynamics broke ground on a $315 million structural-steel and rail mill in Columbia City, Ind., last May. And just outside Mobile, Ala., a $35 million heavy-plate and coil mill went online last year, built by the Canadian firm IPSCO. Why did IPSCO invest in Alabama? A $500 million package of tax breaks and subsidies, including money for roads, rail service and docks along the Mobile River, helped attract the company, said a spokesman. So did the weakness of unions in Alabama...
...Britain. Nobody has an accurate count of the number of British Muslims-estimates range from 1.5 million to 2.5 million-but they run the gamut of all social classes. In the West End of London, rich playboys from the gulf states are staples of the clubbing scene. In rundown mill towns in the north of England, by contrast, thousands of native Pakistanis struggle in an environment where jobs are scarce, racism is rampant and arranged marriages are the norm...
...their annual budget to bring a giant entourage to the neighboring William “John F.” Kennedy School of Government. (864-1200; fax 864-5715; $25 for dorms, $35 for singles; prices may be negotiable). Vicky C. Hallett’s bedroom, Winthrop C-21, Mill St., has offered tidy bathrooms and sweet lovin’ to many, many weary male travelers. Bring your own padlock and toilet paper (493-7862; $5 per hr, additional “services” negotiable). For some tasty eats, the savvy eater will head to one of Harvard Square?...