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...aspiring entrepreneurs, and says she will create 500,000 state-funded jobs to get young people into the workforce. Sarkozy pledges to introduce a new work ethic to France, and better reward those who work more than 35 hours per week. Bayrou promises to end the politics-as-usual domination of the two main parties on left and right that he says is the cause of France's decline over the past quarter-century. France, he told supporters at a Paris rally in March, "is a country in pain and anesthetized that needs to get back into shape so that...
...last stop of the night, Franken ends with a now perfected kicker: "And I can count on all of you?" Laughter ripples through the room. Franken chuckles too and then, as usual, goes further, deadpanning, "I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent. So thank you--it's now a moral obligation, and I'm holding you to it." The laughter is louder than ever...
...next year. Escalating the domestic foreign policy disagreement, both houses of Congress have recently passed an emergency spending bill to finance the war, attaching timetables for withdrawal of most military forces from Iraq in mid-to-late 2008. President Bush, however, has promised to veto the bill, delivering his usual warnings about undermining our soldiers, breaking promises to the Iraqi people, and the possibility of winning the war. We understand the Congressional Democrats’ frustration—the only way to make Bush see the light seems to be to force him to do so through legislation...
...with their own personal cook, Lincoln’s Inn Society expanded over the course of the century in response to its rising popularity as a haven for harried law students. But of late, the club has watched its membership dwindle to just 50-60 members instead of its usual roster of over 100. Apathy towards the society peaked last year when the traditional Winter Dinner failed to materialize. “Last year’s top president and vice president didn’t think we had [the] money to have one,” said Douglass...
...Since Katrina, weapons sales at Jefferson Gun Outlet in suburban Metairie are up about 40%, says the store's owner, Mike Mayer. And it's not the usual gun hobbyists that are buying. "They're not gun aficionados," Mayer says. "They're just doing it because they feel they have...