Word: topicalities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...conservatives by "forcefully requesting the definitive dismantlement of the 35-hour week". But in the face of ferocious reaction by labor leaders to that appeal and the applause it drew from UMP members, other conservatives were forced to quash the very suggestion. Indeed, given the political explosiveness of the topic, Sarkozy on Friday reiterated that "the length of the work week will remain 35 hours in France - something that is clear and on which the government will not stray...
...other conventions. Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, for example, are allowed to have the same person serving as both CEO and chairman - but they must provide a compelling reason why. As a result, some 95% of British companies split the job. Simon Wong, who studied the topic as a consultant at McKinsey, points to another reason why separating the roles is a tough sell in the U.S. "If you do not occupy both positions you are perceived to be not a sufficiently strong leader," says Wong. "That's a very U.S. perspective...
...Blair now wants to tap into the global links that have been built between development activists and people of faith. "Faith," he says, "can be a civilizing force in globalization," which will doubtless be the theme of the course on the topic that he will be teaching at Yale this fall. His foundation will seek to partner with organizations to advance the U.N.'s eight Millennium Development Goals adopted in 2000. Blair's first target is malaria, which kills around 850,000 children each year; many of these deaths could be easily avoided by prophylactic bedding. "If you got churches...
...added fuel to the Tiananmen protest in 1989 - and mixed with student deaths it could be explosive. Beijing's first instinct will be to sweep the schools scandal under the rug. Much of the online anger over the collapsed schools has been deleted and all discussion of the topic has been banned. But Jiang of the University of Alberta says that, as China's civil society develops, leaders know they must adapt. "It will be extremely tempting for the control types and ideologues to use [the earthquake] to glorify the party and to direct this new openness toward reporting only...
...driving forces behind the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989--and mixed with student deaths, it could be explosive. Beijing's first instinct will be to sweep the schools scandal under the rug. Much of the online anger over the collapsed schools has been deleted, and all discussion of the topic has been banned. But the University of Alberta's Jiang says that as China's civil society develops, leaders know they must adapt. "It will be extremely tempting for the control types and ideologues to use the earthquake to glorify the party and to direct this new openness toward reporting...