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...middle class and the less well-off alike. After several years of wage restraint, unions in Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere are pushing for substantial hikes this year. Now that the economy is doing better again, Dutch workers "think it's their time to get something back," says Marco van Moort, spokesman for the biggest Dutch union, Bondgenoten FNV. Builders in the Netherlands recently negotiated themselves a 7% pay increase over 27 months, far above the inflation rate. The European Central Bank last week expressed concern that such wage hikes could stoke inflation...
...lives. Stand-up comics are usually kind of morose and dark people. But Jim is really funny. And he enjoys other people's sense of humor as well." Madsen said that between sets, he cracked people up with stories about when his family was homeless and living in a van. You have to be pretty funny to pull that...
...March 14th, where the men are obliged to reciprocate for their Valentine's gifts by purchasing candies and cookies. Easy enough? Well, maybe not. Expectations have grown since the 70s. According the polls, what women expect on White Day, in order of preference, are jewelry, watches, and handbags. Van cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Louis Vuitton are not complaining...
Nationwide, however, most major research universities are still led by men, according to Claire Van Ummersen, who supervises the office of women in higher education at the American Council on Education, a Washington-based advocacy group...
Faust’s appointment would mean that about 15 percent of major research universities have female leaders, Van Ummersen said. And the number of women presidents, she said, is barely higher across all American institutions of higher education—only about 23 percent overall...