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david nicholson says
Wednesday Night Salon # 969
the Summons
27 Sept. 2000 sooncome
The Bo Derek of and is a 10.
"Every I know about men I've learned from stallions" she claims .. and she will talk about career & politics?
By the way Diana is in NL through the 29th
Hotel phone number is +31 (0) 78 615 20 99 then BRUSSELS next Paris ...
More of this Wednesday-night's players
Wed #888 Una Kay commented that entitlement is part of the Latin tradition and mentality. This is a question of Social policy versus Economic policy. In the health care field it is publicly financed, but has private delivery. Is Quebec a "kinder, gentler society" with a Good Samaritan ethic, or should people just pay for their care?
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Rex Murphy on the Politics: watching the same old play? July 13, 2000 How far have we come?
Wednesday Night #969
September 27, 2000
PROLOGUE
Slobodan Milosevic
September 26, 2000 see 
Yugoslavia's Opposition Leader Claims Victory Over Milosevic By STEVEN ERLANGER
September 26, 2000  . Almost a decade of repression had brought a militant faction of ethnic Albanians to the forefront of the province's struggle for independence. Passive resistance to Serbian rule had produced few tangible results and a growing number of young Albanians chose violence to force change from the Yugoslav leader, Slobodan Milosevic.
Slobodan Milosevic is toast. Despite efforts on his part to hold onto power, accompanied by violence or not, he will be gone by the end of this year. For the first time ever, he has accepted the fact that an opponent has received more votes than he. The army, his most powerful ally in the past, has stated that it will ensure that the constitution is upheld. There are strong rumours that he is trying to destabilize the opposition which consists of a coalition of eighteen parties, by offering a prime ministership to various members, or by creating a crisis in Montenegro. He will most probably fail, because, without army support, he is in a poor negotiating position. But Milosevic will not go quietly. He will only leave kicking and screaming. Basically, he has three options.
- Cede power gracefully. This is an unlikely scenario.
- Negotiate some type of presence.
- Attempt to create a crisis, using it to postpone a second round of elections.
His successor, Vojislav Kostunico, is a mixed blessing. Unlike Milosevic, Kostunico is a nationalist. He will bring the rule of law to Serbia and improve relationships with Montenegro. He will not turn his predecessor over to the International Tribunal at The Hague, but at some time in the future, a successor might do just that. In the event that Milosevic attempts to escape by fleeing, there are would be very few countries in the world prepared to receive him.
Air Travel Fun?
Travelers may look back with warm memories to a past when air travel was more comfortable, more civilized and more courteous, but with the deregulation of air fares, the travelling public is more interested in the freebies and low fares that now attract clients to airlines. In constant dollars, today’s fares are about one-third those of the 1960's. Wide bodied jets make passing through customs a wearing experience. The move to the hub system enables airlines to increase competitiveness by sizing their aircraft to the size of the various markets served, to the increasing discomfort of the airline traveller. Increasing competition between the manufacturers of aircraft means less R & D relating to the traveller and more for the military. This translates into greater operating efficiency and lower fares, but little to address the air traveller.
It has been predicted that the number of airlines throughout the world will drop dramatically in the next few years as competition results in greater efficiency and profit margins become tighter. Air Canada, once it has succeeded in digesting Canadian, will be in a good position to compete effectively with other international carriers. Consolidating employees who are members of different unions, with different seniority profiles will be a daunting challenge, but through improved negotiating skills and a human approach on all sides, the employees, management, shareholders and travelers will end up winners.
QUOTES of the EVENING
On the Philosophy of Collective Labour Agreement Negotiation:
"In a confrontational manner, you have a winner and a loser, in a collaborative manner, you have two winners."
On What the Travelling Public Is Looking For.
"More frequency in a reasonable sized airplane is what (airline passengers) want."
On the Number of Hours Children spend daily Watching Television or on the Internet:
"It is not to condemn the medium, the Internet or TV set, but how you use it."
On the Confrontation at Burnt Church:
"When you have a supreme court decision on treaty rights, it seems foolish for a government to impose restrictions on the native populations ...will get votes in British Columbia where they really have a problem."
On the Volatility of Dot Com Stock:
"It is impossible to know how much money will be lost because it’s all in the sky."
Notes by Herbert Bercovitz, Sculptor
Diana Thébaud Nicholson gone
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