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Still, any movement that reverses the long-held negative attitudes in France about starting a small business has got be good in the long term. "There are a lot more people out there in France who would love to try their hand at running a business and selling a service, but haven't even tried," says Aurore Longuet, a spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry's small- and medium-size business secretariat. "What we're saying to them is, 'Give it a try - it's easy now, and you have nothing to lose...
...actions - his signature on a letter suggesting former President George W. Bush might have allowed the Sept. 11 attacks to occur, his 1990s membership in an avowedly anti-capitalist group - should have disqualified him for government service. But I do know his resignation is a loss for the environmental movement, and I think, for the country as well. Because Van Jones was right about green jobs. (Watch an interview with Van Jones about the green-collar economy...
...successful painter with a reputation as a social and cultural liberal, Hosni has spent a good part of his time since the protest movement began explaining and apologizing for his comments. On his blog, he argues that the book burning statement was intended as a hyperbolic retort expressing exasperation with his accusers. Still, he acknowledges such public statements are hard to rationalize. "I clearly regret the words said and which I could have justified as being uttered under the tension and provocation of the discussion at the time," Hosni writes. "However, I will not take that as an excuse. They...
However, none has the charisma or the political acumen of the late YSR; and the Congress Party now seems set for another round of political infighting. Without the magnetic leadership of YSR, the state government may have to face a resurgence of the movement by the restive Telangana region to carve itself out as a separate state in India's federation. YSR had effectively quelled its political momentum during his five years in office. Any fractiousness in Andhra Pradesh may be bad news for the Congress party in the state and at the central government - it alone contributes...
...calling Obama's education advocacy "well intended," said he preferred his students see it "in their own homes, under the supervision of their parents." The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, a fiscal watchdog group that has become a sort of clearinghouse for conservative grievances since the anti-health-care-reform movement began, has revved up a campaign called "Hall Pass on That," urging parents to have their kids excused from watching the speech. In Oklahoma, state senator Steve Russell rivaled Florida's Greer for hyperbole, calling Obama's talk "something you'd expect to see in North Korea or in Saddam...