In France, Lionel Jospin's Socialist government is in the final stages of cutting the working week to 35 hours (see article).

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In an article on Tuesday in China Daily, reporter Chen Xin interviewed a 35 year old mechanic named Zhang Hongbo who reportedly returned to his hometown Nanchong in Sichuan province for Spring Festival and decided not to go back to his ten year job in Guangzhou, one of the three major Eastern cities.

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According to an article published by the Kauffman Foundation earlier last year, women only make up 35% of startup business owners.

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My long-time colleague, Lloyd Paradiso, who lives in Philadelphia, has been immersed in college admissions consulting for over 35 years, and called me as soon as he read the article.

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Some defence analysts took the article as a signal that the navy, never thrilled by the F-35, might intend to make a big cut in the 480 aircraft it is meant to be buying to free money for other things.

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