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Down 1-0 60 minutes into the 70-minute game, the Crimson desperately needed a score to avoid the upset. Enter Maasdorp...
...major parties—took control of administering televised presidential debates from the League of Women Voters in 1988, the Democrats and the Republicans have been able to jointly dictate the terms on which their candidates will appear. The results have been all-too obvious—candidates avoid dangerous issues and spontaneous or interactive formats...
...bank agreed to redeploy people in other jobs where possible. Those laid off when the call center closes next month will get a $3,600 payment toward retraining. It's a model that the union would like to extend across financial service firms in Britain. "Our priority is to avoid compulsory redundancies," says Rob O'Neill, the union's chief negotiator with HSBC, which has announced plans to cut 7,500 jobs in Britain at the same time as moving 4,000 of them to Asia. O'Neill's union, for one, acknowledges that it's fruitless to fight...
...legitimized when it's fulfilled," he says - and takes the Chirac comparisons as a compliment. "To be compared to a man who served two terms as Prime Minister and was elected President twice, I've heard worse," he says with a laugh. Sarkozy says his priority for 2007 is avoid a repeat of the divisions on the right that have led to lost conservative presidencies and parliamentary majorities in the past. He is adamant that if in 2007 "Jacques Chirac is the right's best candidate to win, I will support him." Asked who decides which candidate is best, Sarkozy...
...years, the country has borrowed $1.5 billion to build schools, clinics and roads. Total debt now stands at $4.3 billion. Meanwhile, collapsing coffee prices have pummeled its export earnings, further undermining attempts to escape from the debt trap. "As long as we cannot balance our budget, we can't avoid borrowing," says Bright Rwamirama, chair of the Ugandan Parliament's finance committee. Debt relief gives countries a predictable flow of resources free from the whims of donors. But when it's directed at poverty reduction, there's little difference between...