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...state. In its own way, the incremental approach can bear fruit. Over the past decade, governments of both left and right have privatized or partially privatized most of the major French companies that were state-owned. Each privatization was bitterly contested, and the whole program only took off after strikes at automaker Renault - and following catastrophic losses at state-owned bank Crédit Lyonnais. But change happened, and the firms and France have both thrived as a result. Similarly, France is less at risk than some of its neighbors from the costs of an aging population, partly because...
...scene in the second act which is very serious. It’s interesting to see how people [respond].” Whether one has seen Bernstein’s famed original or not, the Cabot House production of “West Side Story” hopes to strike a chord with its audience. Mostly unfamiliar with the show before rehearsals began, Brondfield has grown to be a “fan of [the music],” and hopes the audience will feel the same way. —Staff writer Jessica A. Berger can be reached...
...Which means this Bush White House, which started out keen to strike a very different tone from the father's, may wind up after eight years looking like its shadow...
...protest H.R. 4437," says Nativo Vigil Lopez, MAPA's president, referring to the immigration reform bill that is currently under House consideration. Lopez says he respects others' alternative tactics, but he feels that in order to "keep Democrats' feet to the fire," a day-long economic boycott and general strike is the only solution...
...Semester Break Our March 27 story on the student protests in Paris reported that the rebels lacked the revolutionary optimism of those who shut down the Sorbonne in 1968. TIME devoted a cover story to that strike, the start of a revolt that changed history...