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...very good article on Denmark. He noted that the country's per capita income trails that of the U.S., but salaries here tend to be higher than those in Britain. And while it might be easier to fire a worker in Denmark than elsewhere in Europe, companies must follow strict rules that require advance notice of termination. Fox was correct in observing that most workers assume more responsibility than do their fellow Europeans. I have been a resident of Denmark since 1989, and I have no desire to return to Britain. John Barton, Vejle, Denmark...
...British Prime Minister [Harold Wilson] had come to Rhodesia to try, somehow, to prevent the white-supremacist colonial regime of Ian Smith from seizing independence ... The United Nations had urged sanctions to starve the settlers out ... And Wilson himself had talked grimly of the 'bloodbath' that might follow a unilateral declaration of independence ... In his talks with Smith last month in London, it had become painfully clear that neither side would make any meaningful compromise on the fundamental issue. The British would give Rhodesia its freedom only on condition that the nation's 4,000,000 blacks be guaranteed control...
...Southern Thailand is a stronghold for the Democrats, but the northeast region of Isaan is a graveyard. There, Thaksin is a tough act to follow. In None Somboon village, his face still beams from sun-bleached posters left over from a previous election. "Most Prime Ministers never leave their air-conditioned offices," says rice farmer Boon Mithaowan, 49. "Thaksin promised to do things, then he did them." Thanks to him, says Boon, the local irrigation canal was dredged and a new road built through the village...
...really necessary? Most of the questions covered familiar territory—the Iraq war, immigration, education—but were dressed up with demographic statistics. Couldn’t PBS have asked about disparities among minorities as follow-up to more general questions in another debate...
With nearly two months off before the next competition and the all-important Ivy League and national matchups there isn’t much to follow now. But come February maybe knowing the full picture we’ll all think more seriously about making the trek...