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...German economy needs all the strong impulses it can get, but analysts and craftsmen doubt that abolishing the Meisterbrief will provide them. Clement wants to do away with the qualification for 62 of the 94 professions that require it. Higher-risk trades such as heating engineering and plumbing would retain the Meisterbrief, but for the rest, 10 years of job experience would allow anyone who had successfully completed an apprenticeship to start their own company. Clement hopes the move, which will have its first reading in the Bundestag in early summer, will raise Germany's low percentage of self-employed...
...miss sales quotas, so he has little incentive to do more than meet them. At KFC, however, Jennifer is judged subjectively by her bosses on her commitment to regional restaurant managers. Higher sales often result, but numbers don't define her. Katzenbach writes, "While money may attract and retain people, it is rarely at the heart of what motivates them to excel...
...seen as relatively moderate, has refused to embrace the North's blueprint. "This proposal is a nonstarter," says an Administration official. The result? "Roh is conflicted," says Victor Cha, a Korea expert at Georgetown University. "He has no choice but to take a harder line if he wants to retain any shred of credibility...
Ranked fifth nationally and second in the east, Radcliffe (9-1) beat BU for the eighth time in nine years to retain the coveted Allen-DeWolfe Trophy...
...history professors, an avowed Yankees fan, discreetly encouraged me to retain the faith as a native New Yorker, regardless of my dislocation. Nonetheless, he reluctantly acknowledged that a game in Fenway Park is a required Boston experience. The summer after my sophomore year was filled with trips to the park at the height of recent Sox glory. Pedro wasn’t just a knockout pitcher, but Dominican Royalty to the bleacher creatures. And Nomar and Manny just fed more fire to the fervor...