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...crafts law at a cost of more than €12,000. Pütz's 21-year-old apprentice Susan, however, may not need to cram for a master's exam; the qualification, which dates back to the country's medieval guilds and exists nowhere else in Europe except Luxembourg, might be on the way out. German Economy and Labor Minister Wolfgang Clement says the Meisterbrief is a means of "market-access restriction" and its abolition will provide a "strong impulse for start-ups and employment." The German economy needs all the strong impulses it can get, but analysts...
...friends are political consultants. And campaign strategy is ultimately the candidate's responsibility. Gore had the power to tell his consultants to go jump in a lake. Republican consultants aren't much different. But Republicans candidates simply seem to have more faith in their message--smaller government is better, except when it comes to the military--than Democrats do. And so Democratic candidates pay more attention to small-bore political-issue evasions and tactical finesses than Republicans do. There is immense voodoo power attached to the man or woman who comes to the candidate and says...
Contrary to popular belief, workers' wages and benefits at the transplant factories--none of which are unionized except for joint ventures with Detroit--are comparable to those at factories organized by the United Auto Workers (UAW). Assembly-line workers, regardless of their location, earn about $45,000 to $100,000 a year (depending on experience and overtime). Bonuses are typically tied to profitability, and health-care and pension benefits vary only slightly...
...Blissett principle.) "We're fans of pulp novels," he adds. "We love Elmore Leonard. Also Dashiell Hammett. And James Ellroy, especially American Tabloid, his 1995 novel about John F. Kennedy. We wanted to write a book like that set in Europe." Over five years they sketched out a plot ("except for the ending, which would have been no fun") and divided the novel's many scenes among themselves, with each author rewriting his peers' contributions to maintain a consistent style. By focusing on 16th century peasant revolts and utopian movements, the group was able to make some subtle points consistent...
Hornstine’s actions have been absolutely reprehensible. Based on all that I have read, I can think of nothing nice to say about her, except that her SAT score of 1570 is pretty good...