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...took upwards of $46 million to keep the royal operation afloat, and even in a time of serious unemployment (10.3% of the work force are jobless), there are surprisingly few complaints that the country is not getting its money's worth. Almost 90% of polled Britons want to retain the monarchy, and recently, when Labor's William Hamilton made a solitary exit from Parliament after another of his frequent excoriations of the extravagant royals, Conservative M.P. Geoffrey Finsberg scoffed, "Those who share Mr. Hamilton's view will doubtless have left the chamber with him." What Hamilton wants...
...cannot afford to be complacent with the current fragmented, over-lapping, and fundamentally powerless student government. A no vote would retain this faulty structure. We cannot merely reshuffle student governance at Harvard, but must reinforce the responsiveness, accountability, and centralization of the Student Council created by the Dowling proposal with funding and policy-making power. Vote yeas on both the Dowling proposal and the student policy-making question for a real change--a change for the better...
...branches of the military are suffering from shortages of middle-level managers and highly trained technicians, but forcing all young men to serve for a short period of active duty, as Hollings proposed, will not help the Pentagon retain the valuable, experienced soldiers who are leaving for better-paying jobs in the private sector. Improved benefits and living conditions are probably the only solution to this problem...
...Admonished one Austrian banker: "What the Poles need to do is to go back to work and then work some more." That idea is sure to be difficult to sell at a time when appetites have been whetted for more labor benefits, not sacrifices. If little else, however, Poles retain a reserve of good, if somewhat grim, humor. A joke making the rounds last week tells of a Warsaw resident who encounters a neighbor going to Katowice, about 165 miles away, to buy some meat. "Why not buy your meat in Warsaw?" he asks...
...yard freestyles--dubbed the "Arena Sprints" in honor of their sponsor--in Nationals short course competition. In a race where quick starts and tight turns can provide the difference between winning and losing. American record holders and veteran sprinters Jill Sterkel and Robin Leamy held on to retain their nationals titles with fast clockings...