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...real novelty in France. That's the kind of change that alters the way people behave. We made the law on the 35-hour week more flexible by exempting from it all businesses with fewer than 20 employees. But your party has always denounced the 35-hour law as sheer stupidity. Why not just repeal it altogether? We've done so for 95% of French companies - those with fewer than 20 employees. The big companies have generally come to terms with the law and aren't asking for a change. The big problem is in the public sector, where changing...
...often saved, stuffed into a box and then forgotten. In 1996 Kiron Skinner, now a professor at Carnegie Mellon, was researching a book on the end of the cold war when she stumbled on the first batch. As she dug a little deeper, more boxes appeared. Overwhelmed by the sheer volume, she called in Martin Anderson, who served as Reagan's first domestic-policy adviser, and his wife Annelise, a Reagan aide at the Office of Management and Budget, to help. First there were 1,000 letters, then 3,000, and in the end the trio sorted through more than...
More than sheer volume, “loud” signified intensity, spectacle and chaos...
...Cigarette Beach seems unsatisfying at times, it’s because the album fails to truly capture the off-the-cuff wit and sheer lunacy of the duo’s live performances. With most of the tracks simply lurching into the next, Grape-a-Don never gets the chance to fully develop his loose cannon personality. What’s more, the absurd shout-along choruses of early Grand Buffet favorites like “Candy Bars” and “You’re on Fire” have largely been replaced with tedious...
Edwards twice turned modest gains into drive-making receptions with speed and sheer determination combining for dozens of yards after the catch, his fluid lateral movement leaving opposing safeties tackling nothing...