Folks,
Here's another angle:
The divorce rate in the US is around 50%. There is probably even odds that a
marriage under stress probably has some component of infidelity occurring. So
a 1/4 of all married adults (perhaps even a fair amount of newscasters) have
something to "explain."
BTW,
In a message dated 98-02-12 18:53:53 EST, you write:
I was referring to an item from the BLS Daily Report that was looking
forward to the use of a geometric mean index.
I thought the use of the GM was to correct for the following:
Apples go up from $1/lb to $2/lb and back to $1/lb.
The
12:44 US REPUBLICANS DISCUSSING NEW ABORTION LANGUAGE IN IMF DEBATE.
Regards,
Tom Walker
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The following gives no sense of what the US government found objectionable
in the MAI treaty as it now stands. Anyone have any more information or
thoughts? I am sure the problem was not the objections of labor and
environmental groups -- interesting the way the last sentence is tacked
on.
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We all know those little dumb computer symbols called
"emoticons," where :) means a smile and :( is a frown.
Well, how about some "assicons"?
Here goes:
(_!_) a regular ass
(__!__)a fat ass
(!)a tight ass
(_._) a flat
Nope. Just to shit on the world on a regular basis.
Sid
One doesn't have to be paranoid to notice that the International Olympic
Committee and the International Monetary Fund both begin with the SAME WORD!
Coincidence? Does the IMF ask bankers to pee into a paper cup?
Preliminary informal announcement:
Tenure-track position in Labour and Workplace Studies at Manitoba, 1999
The Labour and Workplace Studies Programme at the University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, will have a tenure-track position open
as of July 1999. A formal announcement will be made
On Tue, February 3, 1998 at 21:22:33 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The books below are major books by Phil Burch, representing a culmination
of years of work on the issues of whom is precisely behind the right-wing
networks in the United States. It promises to be a basic reference source.
I went to graduate school (econ) at the U of Utah between 1990 and 1994.
I remembered the pronunciation but not the spelling.
The stats came from a report I saw in 1993 or 1994, it gave tonnage
figures for each state, along with the corporate culprits. It may have
been from the EPA, but I cannot
"[People's] willingness to pay [for basic services] is all too easily
undermined by the depiction of ... services as free goods, to be
supplied as of rights" (South African Government, RDP Ministry,
"Urban Infrastructure Investment Framework," 1995).
... if you have something to object to
1. Franco quotes the following: "[People's] willingness to pay [for basic
services] is all too easily undermined by the depiction of ... services as
free goods, to be supplied as of rights" (South African Government, RDP
Ministry, "Urban Infrastructure Investment Framework," 1995).
I object to
From: Andrea Durbin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 565 Groups say No to MAI
Joint NGO Statement On The Multilateral Agreement On Investment
To The Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development
Endorsed By 565 Organizations In 68 Countries
INTRODUCTION
As a
This guy was sitting in his car on I-405 in LA surrounded by wall-to-
wall cars with nothing moving for miles. He figures it is due to some
kind of accident way up ahead. He then sees this guy going from car
to car with a bucket talking to each motorist and figures he'll find
out what's
COMPLETE NY TIMES INTERVIEW
Ernesto Zedillo: New Optimism on Ending Graft in Mexico City
By SAM DILLON
MEXICO CITY -- One year ago, as Washington was preparing to certify
whether Mexico was a reliable partner in the narcotics war, came stunning
charges by the Mexican government
Maybe they should have called it Union-Busting Memorial National Airport,
instead.
That would have more appropriately highlighted one of Ronald
Reagan's most notorious achievements, the decision to fire 1,800 striking
air traffic controllers early in his first term. Congress's
Having argued that this may be a tactical retreat, I'm compelled to
forward the following, which indicates that the bad guys haven't for a
moment given up on their desire to reshape the world along neoliberal
lines via international trade deals.
Sid
The
On Fri, February 13, 1998 at 16:52:26 (-0500) Doug Henwood writes:
What's good to read on European Monetary Union?
How 'bout Marcello de Cecco and Alberto Giovannini (eds.). *A European
Central Bank?: Perspectives on Monetary Unification After Ten Years of
the EMS*. Cambridge University Press,
Tom,
Any money to support any "social" program is litmus-tested: NO dollars shall
ever be spent to help women obtain reproductive choice/freedom. Gingrich have
virtually codified this into a template for all intn'l aid programs.
Jason
Maybe they were looking for a way to save face by backing out this way
Marty, rather than acknowledging the enormous ground swell of opposition
to the damned thing.
Sid Shniad
The following gives no sense of what the US government found objectionable
in the MAI treaty as it now stands.
Friday February 13, 11:34 am Eastern Time
U.S. will not sign global investment treaty-Barshefsky
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The United States will not sign a
multilateral investment agreement being negotiated by the 29-member
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
What's good to read on European Monetary Union?
Doug
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