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...reluctant to hire new workers because they must pay costly employee benefits and because it can be difficult to fire workers who are later unneeded. Those restrictions are designed to help workers, but have instead in the long term led to unemployment rates in most of Europe that are twice as high as those in the U.S. Engaging in protectionism in response to the rising fortunes of India and China would leave most of the world's people from rich countries and poor countries alike worse off in the long run. Not only does protectionism tend to backfire-to eventually...
...devious methods to make the grade. Last year two dozen were caught being fed answers through Bluetooth headsets concealed under wigs. Earlier this month, police busted a ring issuing fake IDs to university students taking the test in place of high school candidates. The price? $2,500, more than twice Vietnam's average annual wage. Authorities have beefed up security: keeping test papers under lock and key; sequestering exam professors; calling in security to guard test sites...
...struck. Travolta radiated old-time star quality in his first major film role; he had the strut, the moves and the blinding white suit to be a disco dreamboat. Six months after Saturday Night Fever, which had a boffo domestic box office of $94 million, came Grease, which earned twice that...
...threatening-and some would say unnecessary-reasons: 35% of women use it to remove fibroids (benign tumors in the uterus); another 30%, to do away with abnormally heavy bleeding during menstruation. Other common reasons for hysterectomy include endometriosis, or growth of tissue outside the uterus, and pelvic pain. Today, twice as many women in their 20s and 30s undergo hysterectomy as do women in their...
...used rather frequently on national TV (not just cable). Even before this week's ruling, comedian and activist Beppe Grillo had declared Sept. 8 "Vaffanculo Day" to organize a protest against the sclerotic political establishment. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lets vulgar expressions slip out in public about twice a year. Still, with Italy's deep Catholic roots, profanity that takes God's or Christ's name in vain is widely frowned upon, and has cost several public figures their jobs...