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...maybe a bit higher, they run into the first fire fighters. Exhausted from lugging heavy tools and hoses, the men are taking a break. Some resume the climb when Genelle's group goes by; others sit and sip water. Obviously they have not heard the fire-department order to retreat, delivered after the south tower fell. Down in the 30s, Pasquale recalls, a rescue worker says, "It's a clear run. Just keep going." Everyone seems to feel pretty good, like they are going to make...
...Seillière's outburst, Employment and Social Affairs Minister François Fillon announced a decree temporarily liberalizing employee overtime limits from the current 130 hours a year to 180. That falls short of the 200-hour permanent limit Seillière sought, but it represents a significant retreat from the 35-hour week instituted by Jospin. Then the government leaked its 2003 budget, which would reduce income taxes and employer-paid benefits but raise minimum wages and maintain the state's status as France's largest employer, providing one of every four jobs. "Raffarin previously flirted with reform...
...wonder that the show--featuring 18 bands from all over China--came together at all. A similar event planned for last summer at the seaside town of Beidaihe was canceled, to the surprise of few. Beidaihe is where top Communist Party leaders hold their annual summer retreat, and that first abortive Woodstock was scheduled to begin just after those meetings concluded. Timing wasn't ideal for the Snow Mountain festival either. The 16th Party Congress, at which the communists are expected to name a new team of leaders, is set to take place this fall...
...that the show?featuring 18 bands from all over China?has come together at all. A similar event planned for last summer at the seaside town of Beidaihe was canceled, to the surprise of few. Beidaihe, after all, is the setting for the Communist Party Elite's annual summer retreat, and that first abortive "Woodstock" was scheduled to begin just after those meetings concluded. Timing hasn't been ideal for the Snow Mountain festival either. The 16th Party Congress, at which the party is expected to usher in a new leadership lineup, is set to take place this fall...
Tisch was just one of several Gore loyalists missing from Gore's June "donor retreat" in Memphis, Tenn. Also AWOL were all but a few Democratic patrons from the key campaign-money centers of Hollywood and New York City. Now, with Tisch's refusal to commit to Gore, the former Veep may have more trouble than he ever imagined raising the $30 million-plus he will need to compete against a crowded--and to date well-financed--field of candidates in the Democratic primaries...