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...game is one of the few sporting events of the year where the student body does a really good job of filling the seats. We Harvard students can be an apathetic crowd; we’ll go to Harvard-Yale, and we’ll be there for truly special events such as the night game against Brown, but other than that, it’s hard to get us to make the trek across the river. The way it turned out this year, one of the few days we’re actually willing...
...apply this reform, we may as well stop because we won't achieve any others," Henri Guaino, a special advisor to Sarkozy, told the daily Libération. During a visit to Germany on Monday, Sarkozy voiced even steelier determination when declaring, "We were elected to transform France, and will apply these reforms because they must be applied." Aware of union promises to employ bare-knuckled defense of the "special regime" pensions, French Prime Minister François Fillon advised his parliamentary backers to "fasten your seat belts" ahead of tomorrow's turbulence...
...civil servants, justice employees and students are equally up in arms over government policy, why is Wednesday's transport strike and its probable sequels seen as the decisive struggle in France's wider reform drive? Firstly, because successive governments have previously proposed and failed to modify the "special regimes" in the face of union resistance. And that is the second reason why the renewed attempt is producing a high-drama showdown. Although strong in sectors like transport - where strikes often cause enormous disruption - French unions represent less than 8% of the national workforce, and have seen their influence steadily wane...
...pledged that isn't going to happen - but convened eleventh-hour meetings with unions Tuesday night. Despite the gesture, unlike previous reformers, Sarkozy's got a key ally in public opinion this time. A Libération poll published Tuesday found 59% of respondents backed his offensive on the "special regimes," with 52% approving the planned public sector job cuts. Analysts like Reynié also note the platform of sweeping reform Sarkozy was elected on in May is still fresh and expected in peoples' minds. But is that support enough? The same Libération poll showed large majorities qualifying...
...biggest club, Boca Juniors. Now, the franchise is moving to satisfy this desire to express post-mortem loyalty by opening a cemetery where it promises its most devoted fans burial in the same precinct as its legendary players. Says the club's 1960s ace midfielder Antonio Rattin of the special section of the tranquil, grassy Parque Iraola cemetery outside Buenos Aires opened exclusively for Boca fans, "It's so nice it makes you feel like staying...