With auto labor negotations a few months away, it's suddenly make-nice-with-the-union time in Detroit.

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But it was nice nest because this was a credit union.

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After the interminable rows that marred the EU summit in Nice in 2000, it was realised that the expanding Union needed a written constitution.

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Union leaders will probably consider the draft when they meet in Nice in December.

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Which prompts the thought: how nice if Mr Liikanen and his architects could redesign some other elements of the Union along similar lines.

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The efforts mostly flopped--consumers just don't turn to Wal-Mart for nice clothes and expensive plasma televisions, and the company has made little political headway in union-heavy cities.

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Mr. DAVID FRIEDMAN (Union of Concerned Scientists): There it is, right above the tachometer, a nice green eco-light that tells me I'm getting better fuel economy because I'm only operating on half the cylinders.

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