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...will create 500,000 state-funded jobs to get young people into the workforce. Sarkozy pledges to introduce a new work ethic to France, and better reward those who work more than 35 hours per week. Bayrou promises to end the politics-as-usual domination of the two main parties on left and right that he says is the cause of France's decline over the past quarter-century. France, he told supporters at a Paris rally in March, "is a country in pain and anesthetized that needs to get back into shape so that it can stand upright again...
...people have the inside view of the bathrooms of U.S. Presidents. As the main White House plumber for seven Presidents, Howard Arrington (above, center) fished out golf balls that Dwight Eisenhower drove into the South Lawn fountain and appeased a testy Lyndon Johnson's demands for more body sprays in his shower. After Watergate made plumbing a nasty euphemism, Arrington explained, "I'm the real White House plumber...
...there was one religious concept, Einstein went on to say, that science could not accept: a deity who could meddle at whim in the events of his creation. "The main source of the present-day conflicts between the spheres of religion and of science lies in this concept of a personal God," he argued. Scientists aim to uncover the immutable laws that govern reality, and in doing so they must reject the notion that divine will, or for that matter human will, plays a role that would violate this cosmic causality...
...should the EU leadership continue using strong language, but also they should meet them with tangible and forceful economic and diplomatic consequences. After helping topple the Iranian government repeatedly for oil interests in the age of empire, Britain understandably has a rocky relationship with Tehran. But Europe is the main negotiator with the regime on its nuclear ambitions because of its perceived status as a counterbalance to American dogmatism. Furthermore, it is the largest trading partner of an increasingly isolated but affluent government. Using Professor Timothy Garton Ash’s terminology in a recent Los Angeles Times piece...
...communal and we all participated,” he said. “They wanted somebody like me to help them create a DNA for future buildings in the planning study, so that was my main role...