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...Putnam argues that social cohesiveness is on the decline in America. Putnam, who will assume part-time teaching duties as a visiting professor at the University of Manchester, said that one impetus for his project was rising concern in Britain that the country is experiencing a similar phenomenon. “Several members of the British cabinet—I don’t want to name names, but these are people named as Blair’s possible successors—contacted me to urge me to take this project on because they thought there was the opportunity...
...Bill Clinton in the U.S., this may be another welcome case of getting two for the price of one. Martin L. Grey High Wycombe, England Your cover story on Royal, the most likely presidential candidate of the French Socialist Party, provided excellent background on the possibility of this unprecedented phenomenon in French politics - a woman President. But you missed one point. Behind Royal's feminine charm and photogenic smile beats a heart that is as red as any socialist's heart can be. Royal has as one of her role models British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Look at the damage...
...Waste Management, an offshoot of the State University of New York. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 72 million tons of waste were recovered in the U.S. in 1999, up from 63.9 million tons just four years before 1999, thanks to rising trash piles and recycling rates. And the phenomenon is fairly recent. "Most of this development has been in the last 10 years," he says...
...betrays her: she's loving it. And why not? So blinding is Royal's star wattage that her opponents seem feckless in her wake. "They're not campaigning against a person," sighs a top aide to former Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, her main party rival, "but against a phenomenon...
...those fields to convince a lot of more senior faculty that you’re serious about your scholarship and you’re serious about family,” said Trower. “Older scholars sometimes make you make that choice. It’s a societal phenomenon...