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...story back on his home turf. In another spasm of turmoil at the angst-ridden House of Murrow, CBS News president David Burke, 54, was forced to resign after two years on the job. Eric Ober, 48, a 24-year veteran of CBS who currently runs the five local stations that the network owns, will become the fourth news president since Laurence Tisch took over the network four years ago. Although CBS executives denied that Burke was ousted because of budget disputes, the move appeared to mark another chapter in the continuing struggle between CBS News and its cost- conscious...
TAXES. Americans pay too little for energy generally and for gasoline in particular. A 50 cents per gal. gasoline tax phased in over five years would encourage conservation and raise $50 billion in revenues. It would also help the environment by reducing CO2 emissions and other pollutants...
Last year I worked for a spell at the Economist in London. The attitude there was a revelation. They take pride in their work, and can be as self- important about it as any group of American journalists. But they also take five weeks of vacation every year, plus nearly a week at Easter and nearly two weeks at Christmas when the office is shut, plus the usual holidays. And it would take more than a mere war somewhere to get an Economist editor to cancel his or her summer...
American vacations compare poorly with those of most other advanced countries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American full-time worker puts in a 40-hour week, gets 11 official holidays and 12 days -- slightly more than two weeks -- of paid vacation. That's typically after five years on the job. Among major industrial countries, only the U.S. doles out vacation time primarily as a reward for seniority rather than as a basic job benefit...
...British on average work 39 hours a week, get eight paid holidays and enjoy 25 days -- five weeks -- of paid vacation a year. The French by law work a standard week of 39 hours, have eight holidays and get 25.5 days of annual vacation. The Germans -- the Germans! -- work a 38-hour week, get 10 holidays ! and have 30 days, six weeks, of paid vacation...