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...filled only by a Social Democrat from a French-speaking canton. Member of parliament Christiane Brunner, 46, not only met those criteria but also represented a major labor constituency in the metal and watchmaking industries. No matter. Brunner's bid to become the second woman ever to hold Cabinet rank was scuttled by the overwhelmingly male parliament, apparently because of sexual politics...
...PEOPLE SPORTING BUTTONS THAT SAY "POOR, UNeducated and Easy to Command," they're not looking for jobs, they're making a statement. Leaders and some rank-and-file members of Pat Robertson's CHRISTIAN COALITION are wearing the buttons as a defiant badge of honor. The Washington Post used those unflattering terms in an article criticizing the preacher's fundamentalist followers...
...approximately 30 teaching fellows who rank below a 2.8 on the CUE scale, the majority are American born, he says, and foreign born graduate students are not on that list disproportionately to their numbers in the ranks of teaching fellows...
Backcountry skiers can substantially reduce their risk by heeding avalanche- center warnings, which rank the danger as low, medium, high and extreme. Forecasters routinely dig pits into targeted slopes to probe the condition of the snow below. Sometimes they even check the stability of the slope by carving ski-size slices through a test area, then standing or jumping on it. In general, south-facing slopes are less prone to avalanches because warmth from the sun promotes the bonding of the snowpack. Avalanches are also rare on slopes with inclines of less than 30 degrees. But there are exceptions...
...BOTTOM LINE: An unsung but first-rank regional stage scores with vibrant absurdism about a bonkers family...