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...amounted to protectionism, and they waged an aggressive campaign against the law. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued complex regulations--requiring layers of record keeping and third-party audits--that further galvanized opposition. Last January a measure postponing the law's effect until 2006 was slipped into an omnibus funding bill. The exception: fish, which must be labeled by September, thanks to the salmon fishermen's patron, Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens...
...course I do not mean to undermine the significance and individuality of the various groups on campus. And I am not suggesting that they should be dissolved and replaced by one omnibus organization. But the current defocused array of subgroups divides our efforts and our women power. And until all these groups are able to at least identify with one larger organization with an all encompassing mission, we will never see the changes that we have all aspired to achieve...
Recently, Senate and House negotiators inserted a provision to restore AmeriCorps’ previous funding level—and then some—into the omnibus budget bill that the Senate will vote on this month. Following its passage in the House in December, the bill is expected to pass the Senate after it reconvenes next Tuesday. This is great news. President Bush should sign the bill, which calls for $444 million—$10 million more than he asked for in his 2003 State of the Union Address. Bush said in that speech that he hoped...
...with an E.U. average of 25 days and €883. Earlier this year, a World Bank survey named Britain among the 10 least-regulated business nations. Yet talk to a British small-business person and you'll get an earful - largely about red tape. A recent Small Business Service Omnibus survey revealed that 10% of British small businesses feel they are so choked by regulation and taxes that their very existence is threatened. Sure, low interest rates and stable inflation have given small businesses a favorable environment. And the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which draws its membership from Britain...
...Coles’ interpretation, Springsteen embodies American culture and engages it, shaping a distinct version of American life. This study comes on the heels of such best selling works as The Call of Service, The Moral Intelligence in Children: How to Raise a Moral Child and A Robert Coles Omnibus. Now, Dr. Coles talks to FM about his favorite Springsteen tunes, his writing process and the lessons of Dorothy...