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...than in any other East Asian country except communist Laos. Union leaders, of course, don't see the labor rules as overly protectionist. Dita Indah Sari, a longtime labor activist and chairperson of the Front Nasional Perjuangan Buruh Indonesia union, says current law doesn't go far enough to protect workers. Business and government leaders "shouldn't scapegoat the workers to hide their economic failures," says Sari, who blames the country's lackluster performance on corruption and bureaucracy...
...prompted Fridays’ column was the allocation of funds to bring a concert and a comedian to campus to do two separate shows for students. Some proposed that doing so would eclipse the council’s more important funding duties. They are right in their impulses to protect student groups and strive for fiscal responsibility—but wrong to continue to do so when any legitimate basis for their fears have been erased...
...question about that. Now it's gone Malcolm X. It's gone "by any means necessary." I mean, how many campaigns do you remember where Hitler has come up a lot? If I were the Hitler people, I'd be raising a stink. I think he's gotta protect his legacy. He's gotta come out and go, Look, all right, you guys have your flaws but, hey, I was evil, baby...
...effort to save the world's big cats, such as lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars, is carried out in places other than offices in Washington and New York City [Aug. 23]. Although I was heartened to hear of the efforts being made to protect these animals, I was also dismayed not to hear from field conservationists, those on the front lines of the battle. Meetings, policies, scientific papers and money alone do not constitute protection. Ultimately, the dedication of field-based conservators makes the difference between success and failure. People on the job must dodge rebels' bullets each...
Some of the country's leading hoteliers have decided that tourism and conservation don't always have to be at odds. They have begun to work on ways to protect the environment. The newly opened Four Seasons Resort fourseasons.com/costarica on the Papagayo Peninsula sacrifices nothing in the way of luxury. The earth-colored hotel was designed to blend into the tropical dry forest of the northwest Guanacaste region, and its breezy, low-slung buildings overlook tranquil white-sand beaches below. There are tennis courts, pools and a golf course. The hotel has made concessions to the environment...