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ACROSS: 1 D(UP)ON + T; 4 CA + U(CU)S; 8 A + BET + TED; 10 DONNA (anag.) ; 11 ELDER (2 defs.) ; 12 M(A + NH)OOD; 13 RELOCATED (anag.); 17 A + LAB + AMA; 19 O + R + BIT; 21 RUIN + G; 22 SE(G-MEN)T; 23 LYNDON (hidden); 24 A(S)IDES DOWN: […]

As we reach the climax of the great battle over trade with China, it’s worth taking a closer look at the main sticking point of this and every other major global agreement likely to arise in future years. There’s widespread acceptance of the need for “global labor standards” and “global environmental standards.” But apart from […]

Will the Democratic Party’s divisions over the China/ WTO vote prove fatal? For the sputtering Gore campaign, the timing could hardly be worse. The scenario recalls the 1994 NAFTA split prefiguring the party’s defeat in the 1994 midterm elections. In both cases, President Clinton depended heavily on Republican allies to win an agenda shaped by […]

It is one of the great ironies of American labor history that enslaved workers toiled at a wider variety of skilled tasks than did their descendants who were free. Slave owners had an economic incentive to exploit the multifaceted talents of blacks in the craft shop as well as in the kitchen and field. But […]

ACROSS: 1 off ice; 4 sh(r)ift; 8 to(te ba)g (abet rev.); 10 refer (palindrome); 11 ad(h)oc (coda rev.); 12 u + pended; 13 treadmill (anag.); 17 termini (anag.); 19 newel (hidden); 21 knell (nell hom.); 22 tizzies (hidden on outside); 23 resume (2 defs.); 24 edit(o)r (tired anag.) DOWN: 1 outla + w (a lout […]

ACROSS: 1. D(UP)ON + T 4. CA + U(CU)S 8. A + BET + TED 10. DONNA (anag.) 11. ELDER (2 defs.) 12. M(A + NH)OOD 13. RELOCATED (anag.) 17. A + LAB + AMA 19. O + R + BIT 21. RUIN + G 22. SE(G-MEN)T 23. LYNDON (hidden) 24. A(S)IDES DOWN: 1. D […]

For baseball players and fans, winter is the “off-season.” But for team owners and their executives, it is the season for deal making. As most fans are looking back on another season of what might have been (except for New York Yankee fans, who get to savor another World Series victory), the deal makers are […]

It is no secret that the institution of marriage is in trouble. The median age at first marriage is at its highest since the United States began keeping reliable statistics: 24 for women and 26 for men. Nearly six of every 10 new marriages will end in divorce, and the propensity to remarry has also […]

Deconstructing the Income Distribution Debate

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