Word: wages
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...democratic too in the sense that the U.S. was able to wage a war of retaliation with minimal coercion of its own citizens. There was no draft, no censorship of the press and--a first--no economic squeeze to pay for the war. On the contrary, Americans were told it was their patriotic duty to carry on consuming...
...almost any context, it is easier to defuse the consequences in an open society--one where grievances can be addressed through the political process rather than through suicide bombings. Democracy is no cure-all, but the record suggests that liberal, representative regimes are less likely to sponsor terrorism or wage aggressive wars than their more illiberal neighbors...
Whenever countries wage war, the intention is to kill and maim as many people as possible, to terrorize the population and destroy infrastructure. It is insane, wrong and cruel, but humanity has still not learned. Evelyn Schindler Montreal...
...California's Wage Governator to raise minimum pay No girlie-man rates in the Golden State. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, struck a deal last week to pump up California's minimum wage to $8 an hour--highest in the nation...
...problem that requires a broader and longer vision. Ruggiero Giuliani, medical coordinator for Italy's branch of M?decins Sans Fronti?res, the only NGO operating on Lampedusa, says that push-and-pull pressures mean that people will continue to risk their lives for a shot at a living wage. "The migratory flow depends on the conditions of the country of origin, the countries of transit, and the country of destination," he says. "There is extreme poverty at one end, and a demand for manpower at the other." Virtually all agree that the two keys to solving the problem are for Europe...