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...citizens of Roubaix, near lille in northwest France, were justly proud of their magnificent Art Deco public swimming pool and sports center. Built in 1932, the complex was a socialist monument to fitness, health and hygiene. But by 1985, with the roof threatening to fall in, it had to close. Roubaix's citizens, determined to hang onto their architectural masterpiece, have turned it into a Museum of Art and Industry that has drawn crowds since its opening in October...
This is vintage Blair. The man who added "New" to Labour has based his career on reconciling (his critics say spinning clouds of verbiage around) old opposites: the free market and socialist ideals, a left-wing party and big business support. In his first term that Third Way vision beguiled voters, but now they are getting impatient about feeble improvements to their schools, hospitals and railroads. Reform is turning out to be tougher to implement than Blair expected. And he has other troubles: the euro he wants Britain to join remains seriously unpopular, and his government has acquired an entrenched...
...PORTUGAL Reversal of Fortune Voters unhappy with the Socialist government's lackluster performance punished the ruling party in local polls, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Antonio Guterres and setting the stage for an early general election. The opposition Social Democrats had their best electoral showing in a decade, winning control of local councils in nearly half of the country's municipalities, including those in Portugal's three largest cities...
...This is vintage Blair. The man who added "New" to Labour has based his career on reconciling (his critics say spinning clouds of verbiage around) old opposites: the free market and socialist ideals, a left-wing party and big business support. In his first term that Third Way vision beguiled voters, but now they are getting impatient about feeble improvements to their schools, hospitals and railroads. Reform is turning out to be tougher to implement than Blair expected. And he has other troubles: the euro he wants Britain to join remains seriously unpopular, and his government has acquired an entrenched...
...MURTHY A former socialist who in the 1970s gave away all his money, Murthy, 55, is now among India's richest men, and Infosys, the company he co-founded in 1981, was the first Indian firm to be listed on the NASDAQ. Based in Bangalore, INFOSYS creates e-commerce software used by big companies around the globe. Murthy has not sold his soul for material success. One of his country's most admired men, he is vigilant about his employees' well-being--granting stock options, building exercise facilities and spreading values as much as wealth...