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French youth revolt spotlights deep inequities
December 7, 2007News Analysis PARIS — Two years have passed since the “insurrection of the suburbs” of working-class and immigrant youth in this city’s impoverished outskirts. The violent rebellion of 2005, which included young people setting fire to...
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Two must see films
December 7, 2007No Country for Old Men Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen Miramax, 2007 Rated R, 122 minutes In case you’re wondering, don’t wonder anymore. The brothers Ethan and Joel Coen have done it again in “No...
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Kid Nation, harmless TV or capitalist reality?
December 7, 2007CBS television’s “Kid Nation” may profess to be a highbrow social experiment mixed with reality TV, but can a group of early teens and preteens build a viable “society” in a New Mexico ghost town abandoned...
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Toxics and children
December 7, 2007Here is a right to life issue. We’ve been hearing a lot in recent weeks about the dangers of toys from China that are contaminated with lead. But the true dimensions of the toxic threat against...
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What the UAW should do now
December 7, 2007Now that the 2007 auto talks are over, Ron Gettelfinger, the union negotiator, should heed the words of Ron Gettelfinger, the union president. Before the United Auto Workers ever sat down with GM, Ford and Chrysler...
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