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...hosts who have held out for longer might get a pass from the strikers. Letterman's gesture of support for his staff this week, for example, appears to have won him a lot of goodwill. Bill Scheft, a striking Late Show writer, says that "we would have no problem" if Letterman were to go back on the air without writers. "We are thrilled that he is standing with us," says Scheft. "David Letterman on the air without writers, pissed off and talking about the strike, would be the greatest ally the writers could have...
...these hosts, deciding whether to go back on the air involves a delicate balance of public image and private ego. Leno, for instance, has been the most vocal supporter of the union - even bringing doughnuts to the picketers on the first day of the strike - and would seem the least likely to reverse course and go back on the air. Yet Leno also seems more closely tied to his scripted material and might be less able to smoothly transition into an unscripted show than hosts who are more natural ad-libbers, like Letterman and O'Brien...
Just how unsettled the world is by the possibility that the U.S. might make a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities can be measured by how frequently the Bush Administration trots a senior official out to insist that there are no plans to launch such an attack. On Nov. 12, it was Admiral William Fallon's turn. The head of the Pentagon's Central Command, which would execute a strike should the day ever come, dismissed the idea in an interview with the Financial Times. "It astounds me that so many pundits and others are spending so much time...
Though historically sympathetic to strike movements, most French voters firmly back Sarkozy in this clash with unions. After all, he was elected on an overt promise of sweeping change, giving him greater reformist legitimacy than his more cautious predecessors. Despite the disruption that the recent strikes have caused - and the prospect that they will drag on - polls show Sarkozy holding steady with a 55% approval rating. Yet a further test of will comes on Nov. 20, when hundreds of thousands of state employees are scheduled to protest over 22,000 public-sector job cuts slated for 2008. And more antireform...
Cost per day to the city of New York for the Broadway stagehand strike, which comes during one of the industry's busiest seasons...