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...reform is now in jeopardy. It has appealed the Marseilles ruling, but if the initial judgment is upheld, chances are high that more and more jobless will be heading to court - or forcing a government climb-down through protests like that of the performing-arts workers. That would effectively neuter any hope of tackling the deficit. "A rich nation can't brazenly economize at the expense of its poorest members, as though society owes them nothing," warns Charles Hoareau, a Marseilles union official who organized the court case. Perhaps. But the French nation won't stay as rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revenge of the Jobless | 4/25/2004 | See Source »

ARIS MESSINIS/AFP-GETTY IMAGES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY After a stray bit a Ukrainian archery coach while he was jogging, Greece announced plans to neuter, euthanize and tag the city's 60,000 lost dogs

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Fat Greek Headaches | 12/7/2003 | See Source »

...that a more aggressive use of American troops might have trapped Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda leadership at Tora Bora. But Kerry's performance on Iraq raises a question. He voted for the war, but reluctantly. One almost senses that it was a political vote, intended to neuter his opposition to the first Gulf War. He was not a happy warrior. He said he could support the war only if the U.S. exhausted all diplomatic efforts--and then supported the war anyway when Bush abandoned the diplomatic process. Kerry has continued to criticize the Bush Administration's clumsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Build A Better Democrat | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...part, Barker has been a major supporter of the animal rights movement. As an indication of his ongoing commitment to this cause, he urges viewers to spay or neuter their pets at the end of each show...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Barker Gives HLS $500,000 Gift | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

...personal game preserves. The Army first introduced camels to the area in 1856, and starting in the 1940s the locals began importing other exotic animals--ibex and zebras, nilgai antelope from Pakistan and barasingh deer from India. Veterinarians report a land-office business treating exotic pets. "I had to neuter a coatimundi once, and I didn't even know what species it was," says veterinarian Cuatro Patterson. (It's similar to a raccoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Range Rovers | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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