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...Reported by James O. Jackson/Brussels, Mark Thompson and Douglas Waller/Washington and Bruce van Voorst/Hohenfels
Commuters in France faced traffic jams and long lines Monday morning as a strike by national railroad employees reached its fourth day. The strike is the latest in a number of protests by millions of French public service workers who are angry at proposed job and benefit cutbacks. Bruce Crumley reports from Paris: "Polls show that about 54 percent of the French basically support the strikes. I guess they think that creating absolute havoc is justified. Air, rail and ground transport have ground to a halt. Schools, hospitals, post offices and sanitation are also shut down. Millions of Parisians have...
Angry at proposed job and benefit cutbacks, millions of French public service workers are staging a one-day strike, paralyzing a country that must face some tough fiscal decisions. Bruce Crumley reports from Paris: "Polls show that about 54 percent of the French basically support the strike. I guess they think that creating absolute havoc is justified. Air, rail, and ground transport have ground to a halt as a result of this strike. Schools, hospitals, post offices, and sanitation are also shut down. Millions of Parisians have had to walk to work. The French are very unrealistic about their social...
According to Bruce, the Harvard College Bowl team won two earlier tournaments this season hosted by MIT and the University of Maryland...
...good preparation for the National Championships in the spring," said Bruce...