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...have exploited seasonal foreign workers. And Australia's trade unions, already under siege, would strongly resist any attempts to further erode pay and working conditions. The country still carries the baggage of the White Australia Policy and the use of kidnapped South Sea islanders as laborers in Queensland's sugar plantations. As well, Howard does not want to create new sources of migrant lobbying or industry special pleading. How long will it be before other sectors start making the same arguments as farmers? Then consider the politics, let alone the economics, of bringing in foreign workers at the same time...
Homesickness, the cold, and sugar cravings may be a deadly combination, but there’s a solution. Hit up the nearby homes of these profs and play the child again—and don’t forget the plastic Jack-O-Lanterns. Professor Markus M. Mobius, 56 Kirkland St. Not only does Mobius have his own facebook.com profile, but his favorite movie is Terminator 2. Just imagine the kind of candy he gives out. Professor Reverend Peter J. Gomes, 21 Kirkland St. Despite living practically next door to Memorial Hall, Gomes reports through his secretary that...
...people are drinking more. Instead, drivers are filling their gas tanks with ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, which is one of two fuel options used in a new generation of Brazilian cars called Flex. The cars work like traditional vehicles but can run on either gasoline or ethanol derived from sugar cane--a commodity in abundance in Brazil. Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat and GM all produce Flex lines. In May sales of Flex vehicles overtook gasoline models for the first time. By August, Flex sales had risen 61.7%. "I am hard pressed to think of any other technology that has been such...
Brazil is a leader in this technology by virtue of its extensive expertise at every stage of the supply chain: growing sugar cane efficiently, refining it, converting it to ethanol and manufacturing the cars. Brazil is building ethanol plants and is in a great position to capitalize on its vast experience by selling its knowledge to other countries that decide to adopt this new technology or buy its cars...
...where ethanol is usually made from corn, it has had a rockier road partly because government subsidies are seen as benefiting big producers. Brazil's ethanol industry has created nearly 1 million jobs and helped cut oil imports. Says Alfred Szwarc, an expert with São Paulo's sugar-cane association: "People see Flex cars as the car of the future...