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...fire. The 12-nation European Community saw virtually no addition to private-sector work rolls during the 1980s, despite healthy economic growth, while millions of jobs were created in the U.S., where job security is less entrenched and benefit costs are roughly half the E.C.'s. Europe must "contain its costs and free up labor markets," argues Kenneth Clarke, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer...
...longer water sits in the system, the more lead it absorbs. So let the water run for at least two minutes, until it is cold to the touch, before using it. That way you're using water from the main lines under the street, which do not contain lead. (Apartment dwellers can't do this if their building's plumbing system is huge). Don't cook with water coming from the hot ; water tap; it draws more lead from pipes than cold water does...
...there personal things in there?" Packwood lamented last week. "Sure. Family heartaches. Disappointments. Irritation with the car repairman." There was more than that: word emerged from the committee that the diaries, which of course range far beyond the scope of the sexual-misconduct charges he faces, may in fact contain evidence of unrelated criminal violations. Last Monday Packwood responded to such reports by insisting, "For the life of me I do not understand . . . whatever this other thing may be that may be criminal." But within 24 hours he reversed himself, allowing, "The issue was employment opportunities for my wife...
Late on Election Day last week, the message magicians who had brilliantly guided Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign could hardly contain themselves. James Carville and Paul Begala predicted a "twofer": Governor Jim Florio, their horse in New Jersey, would coast to re-election, and politicians everywhere would learn the Big Lesson. "Florio shows you can do the hard things that have to be done ((like raising taxes)) and defeat an opponent who offers feel-good stuff ((like tax cuts))," Carville crowed...
Part of their role on this year's team, say the sophomores, is to stabilize a team that will contain three new freshmen...