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...After listening to the album, few will question further, and many will certainly be provoked. “American Gangster,” Jay’s second album since retirement, rises head and shoulders above its predecessor, “Kingdom Come.” It should renew the faith of rap enthusiasts that the self-proclaimed king of New York can still rule. It’s a concept album, inspired by the recently released and identically titled Ridley Scott film. Its highs and lows follow the pace of the flick, which chronicles the life and times...
...leadership at the top has been lacking,” Kelley says. Last summer, Kelley urged the School Committee not to renew the current superintendent’s contract, but he says that when the issue comes up again in February 2008, he won’t take a public stand...
...most of his six months in office, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sought to lead by example: using his own relentless pace to inspire French citizens to work longer hours, achieve higher efficiency, and renew their love of labor. The effort is central to Sarkozy's attempt to boost economic growth through a nationwide increase in workforce productivity - a goal that requires motivating people to toil beyond the nation's legal 35-hour-workweek limitation, and, as he has put it, "Work more to earn more." But now Sarkozy is applying that slogan to himself with unexpected literalness...
After the triumphs of the spring season, the Crimson crews return to the Charles this fall to renew the annual quest for a national championship and to determine the character of its boats this year. Four seniors have graduated, and numerous sophomores and juniors will clamor to fill their vacated seats. While every year provides a blank slate, the excitement and experience that Harvard gained at Henley and other major regattas can only help the Crimson...
...strikes of varying severity. Such self-reliance wasn't an option for users of inter-city and cross-country train service: state rail company SNCF canceled a whopping 95% of scheduled traffic, and remains the most vulnerable to continued striking as union members prepared to vote on whether to renew the movement. The union leaders' task now is to find a way to extend the actions long enough to force Sarkozy to do something he's repeatedly vowed not to: withdraw contested reform he and conservative backers call both urgent and overdue. For many observers, the stage...