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...more celebrated mentor, engaged in the same skirmishes, succumbed to the same defeats. Last week he shared in the same triumph. China's new Chairman, Hu Yaobang (pronounced Who Yow-bong), is the obliging alter ego for Deng Xiaoping, the country's real strongman. A shade shorter and ten years younger than the 5-ft. 2-in., 76-year-old Deng, Hu has the same resilience, explosive energy and quick intelligence. At the same time, Hu is a demanding administrator who can be relied on to carry out the orders of his chief and champion...
...seashore. French law provides two days of vacation for every month worked, or typically almost five weeks of holiday per year for nearly all employees. A month-long hiatus is also a tradition in Italy, West Germany, Scandinavia and Spain. In fact, Europeans have trouble comprehending the prevalence of shorter vacation spans...
Entomologists agree that the moths can never be entirely eliminated. But containment may be possible. Early in the larval stage, when the caterpillars are still small and vulnerable, shorter-lived, milder pesticides like Sevin are useful, though Sevin also kills bees, which are needed for pollinating many fruits and flowers...
...hyperbole: "My family and I are going to be virgins sacrificed on the altar of a Socialist god!" Says an embittered business leader: "The Socialist leveler tide just may succeed where 200 years of recurring French puritanism has failed: to make France colorless and downright boring." As for the shorter workday and higher minimum wage, businessmen insist that less work for more pay will simply make French exports uncompetitive, leading to lower growth and higher unemployment...
...been equally reassuring as the new regime starts to make good on the Socialists' far-reaching campaign promises. Two weeks ago, he held his first meeting with France's largest employers' association to discuss a 35-hour work week. Mauroy promised the worried businessmen that "the shorter week must not entail an increase in production costs." One Socialist aim is eventually to integrate private schools into the public system. But Mauroy asserts: "There will be no state monopoly in education. We will have an open dialogue with private schools, and they will be free to reject...