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...French stores will < eventually see a drop in British prices as the single market forces member countries to harmonize their tax rates. France has already chopped its 33% value-added tax on automobiles, which kept French drivers from speeding across the border to buy lower-taxed German models. Lufthansa, Iberia and Air France have slashed airfares, signaling the opening of Europe's first air price war. Consumers are benefiting. But Bernard Attali, chairman of the board of Air France, warned that the "suicidal" consequences of cut-throat competition will be massive layoffs and fewer flights to small cities...
...with Florida Governor Lawton Chiles during a photo opportunity. Two days later, again anxious to show fresh tactical flexibility under newly installed chief of staff James Baker, the White House hustled Bush off to Louisiana in Andrew's wake. "The President," Bush explained to the sodden residents of New Iberia, "ought to show up when people are hurting...
Power abhors a vacuum. At the close of the 7th century A.D., Iberia had almost become one. Its central administrative order, that of the Roman Empire, had long since dissolved. Over it, Visigothic laws and Christian rites had been superimposed. But as a political entity, Iberia was on the verge of collapse. Thus when the Arabs looked across the Mediterranean, they saw a vast territory spotted with squabbling factions -- Christians, Jews, Visigoths -- separated from Africa by a small strait and ripe for conquest. In 711 a mixed force of Arabs and Berbers under the command of Musa ibn Nusayr crossed...
...cosmetics," says Pedro J. Ramirez, editor of the daily El Mundo. "But fundamentally we have not made a modern economy." Anyone who conducts long-distance business on Spanish telephones or is so naive as to rely on Correos, the government mail service, or so unwitting as to fly Iberia, the fickle state airline, might be tempted to agree...
...included rewiring, plumbing or simply applying a fresh coat of paint, which is generally done by Four Corners' star painter, Thelma Collins. The women raise money through bake sales, barbecue dinners, fish fries and a TV raffle that netted $1,345. All money is deposited in an account at Iberia Savings Bank, which, along with Southern Mutual and in conjunction with the Federal Affordable Housing Program, has set aside up to $250,000 to make 1% loans to the residents. "The people live in our community, and we have a responsibility to provide them with decent housing," says Larrey Mouton...