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According to Summers, a child born in the poorest 10 percent of society has only a one-third chance of rising above the bottom 20 percent...
...Vlaams Blok Czech Republic The Civic Democrats and Communists tapped Euro-skeptic sentiment and won big The ruling coalition's parties won just four seats; PM Vladimir Spidla called an emergency meeting of the Social Democrats' leadership Denmark Ex-PM Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's Social Democrats romped, taking almost one-third of the vote - double their 1999 result The ruling Liberals paid for backing the Iraq war. Euro-skeptics did badly, bucking the anti-E.U. trend France Discontent with President Jacques Chirac's government helped propel the opposition Socialists to victory PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin's reform program could...
...INDICATORS Financial Gamble Creating the world's largest casino firm, the Mandalay Resort Group accepted a $7.9 billion takeover bid from rival U.S. operator MGM Mirage. The combined companies would control one-third of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, and half the hotel rooms...
Adam Yauch--one-third of the Beastie Boys--will turn 40 in August. In rap years, 40 is 400. That leads to an obvious question that Yauch, in his ancient wisdom, anticipates: "Is it awkward being onstage with a walker? The answer is yes. Yes, it is," he says with a nod of his silver head. "The walker gets caught up in the wires. It can be very dangerous...
According to Summers, a child born in the poorest 10 percent of society has only a one-third chance of rising above the bottom 20 percent...