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...than being settled through secret diplomacy behind closed doors. Panos Drakos Athens The French apparently are afraid their children will not be as well off as the present generation. Of course they won't! The 35-hour week has killed the work culture in most of Europe. That shortened workweek cannot create wealth for the future. The people of France and the other European nations have squandered the assets gathered by their parents and are now worried about their own children's quality of life. Parents can create a good future for their children only through hard work. The good...
Following an Undergraduate Council (UC) proposal, Harvard College Libraries (HCL) announced that this fall, it will start a two-year pilot program to keep Lamont Library’s doors open 24 hours a day during the workweek...
...release of a UC report that called for a 24-hour library and cited survey data demonstrating tremendous student support for the change, the Harvard College Library finally agreed this year to a two-year pilot program that will see Lamont stay open around-the-clock during the academic workweek, beginning fall 2005. We applaud the UC’s persistence in advocating a policy change that is sure to benefit undergraduates come September...
...Kristen and Greg shared their lives at West Point and their thoughts about what lies ahead with a remarkable openness and generosity. The latter is especially remarkable since the West Point workweek is a grueling mixture of academic instruction, military training, and physical fitness. Yet by this point, in their fourth year, the three have earned free hours in the day and other privileges - Kristen has a car she takes into town with her friends, Greg visits old high school buddies in Boston on the weekends, Tom finds his way to New York City with classmates when he gets...
...average put in 217 hours per year more than the Germans, 220 more than the French and 319 more than the Dutch, but their heavy workload may be about to lighten. Last week the European Parliament voted to scrap a British exemption to E.U. rules that limit the workweek to 48 hours. Employers complained that such restrictions could undermine the British economy's strength. "Here we are with the most successful economy in Europe, we've got the most flexible labor market, people earn good money - and Brussels is trying to do away with it," griped Digby Jones, director general...