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...admitted to the program). The notion of Robeson at the bar, pleading cases for the underprivileged, instructing the Supreme Court in the justice due all men, is an enticing fantasy; but in the 20s that was as likely to happen as Robeson was to be named president of U.S. Steel. His brilliance would have to be deployed in an arena where blacks had already achieved a level of acceptance. That's entertainment...
...duties on products that were personally important to key French politicians and their constituents, most notably Roquefort cheese, produced in the Dordogne region. The tactic, Kantor says, "was productive." Fast-forward to the latest trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union. In response to U.S. tariffs on steel imports, E.U. Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said last month that he would target products manufactured in swing states that President Bush may need in order to win re-election. Orange juice from Florida and Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Wisconsin are reportedly on the list. But Kantor, now a Washington lawyer...
...WALLS Made of wood and steel, often with lightweight bullet- and fire-resistant Kevlar panels. In high-end rooms, motion detectors stop doors from shutting...
INDIA Strike Force Around 10 million workers, mainly from 220 or so state-run companies, went on strike to protest new labor laws, closing ports, steel plants and banks. Trade unionists denounced the laws, which will make it easier to sack staff and speed up the privatization process, as "anti-worker" and warned that they will step up protests...
Traficant appealed not only to bored C-SPAN viewers but also to a dying steel community like Youngstown, where his energy and enthusiasm for “banging away in D.C.” made him immensely popular. This is all the more remarkable because Traficant has persevered in the face of almost constant attacks and investigations by the Justice Department. Traficant first made headlines in 1983, when he was a county sheriff, for successfully defending himself against federal bribery charges, despite not being a lawyer. His defense against overwhelming FBI evidence was that they had caught...