Word: prods
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...sardonically hard-headed: "Hungry livestock,/ though in sight of pasture,/ need the prod...
...Though the farmers typically made the most noise, they were hardly the only ones affected by the crisis. At the Paris wholesale market in Rungis, white-smocked vendors wander gloomily among hanging sides of beef as a trickle of customers-mostly butchers and restaurateurs-poke and prod the carcasses. Especially hard hit is Francis Fauchère, whose firm Eurodis caters to supermarkets, restaurant chains and school cafeterias-many of which have eliminated beef from their menus. "What's killing us is the doubt," says Fauchère, whose sales plunged as much as 60%. "All this meat is tested...
Sharon's visit was a prod to the bitter resentment still harbored in every Palestinian household over injustices dating back to Israel's establishment in 1948. To Palestinians, it is al-Naqba, the Catastrophe, in which Jewish forces--among them thousands of immigrants escaping persecution in Europe who had poured into Palestine--sent 800,000 Palestinians fleeing into Arab countries as refugees. The U.N. counts 3.7 million refugees today, including 1.2 million people living in 59 camps, many still clutching keys to former homes...
...international opprobrium doesn't prod Europe to throw open its doors, there are signs that economic self-interest will. Last November the European Commission declared that "there is a growing recognition that the 'zero' immigration policies of the last 30 years are no longer appropriate." Germany announced plans last March to admit 20,000 foreign computer experts over the next three years, and Chancellor Gerhard Schrsder is pushing to expand this green-card initiative to workers in other sectors. Ireland has loosened immigration requirements for non-E.U. workers in technology, nursing and construction. Even Italy's government has introduced...
...international opprobrium doesn't prod Europe to throw open its doors, there are signs that economic self-interest will. Last November the European Commission declared that "there is a growing recognition that the 'zero' immigration policies of the last 30 years are no longer appropriate." Germany announced plans last March to admit 20,000 foreign computer experts over the next three years, and Chancellor Gerhard Schrsder is pushing to expand this green-card initiative to workers in other sectors. Ireland has loosened immigration requirements for non-E.U. workers in technology, nursing and construction. Even Italy's government has introduced...