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...step in the right direction for France's new Socialist Government, which has stressed that the alliance focus on unemployment rather than deficit reduction. But the compromise only went so far. While France was able to pry some concessions from the talks, Germany's position on strict budgetary guidelines was entrenched after it was agreed that member nations which run up large budget deficits will be subject to punitive fines. But with Germany's unemployment the highest it has been since World War II, there is considerable speculation that even it may be forced to eventually advocate a looser interpretation...
...geography and characters, has the makings of a p.r. nightmare for the G.O.P. The oft-delayed opening of the hearings, last set for July 8, seems likely to slip again--perhaps to July 15 or even September. The Democrats can take much of the credit: first, they forced a strict Dec. 31 limit on Thompson's hearings and sharply cut the funds for Congressman Dan Burton's probe in the House...
...www.fbi.gov/ See if you're on the most-wanted list. Clean-cut and strict. Site cautions that its name, initials and seal are "restricted" and may be used "only with written permission...
...Minister Tony Blair says he probably won't go in on the first round. For the other states, the problem is the criteria for entry. To begin with, only members of the European Union may join, so that excludes all the former Warsaw Pact states. Then the applicants face strict requirements set by the Maastricht Treaty of 1992. At the top of the list is the demand that a country's budget deficit must not be higher than 3% of its gross domestic product. That is a tough one, and most European governments have been energetically slashing budgets (read welfare...
...know my peers don't deal with what I have to think about. There are strict codes, but they enable me to be strong in whatever environment I'm in, so I want to respect those things," Ashong says...