8/8/2002  timesizing in the news, aka glimmers of strategic hope -

    * Clocking out - Short work hours undercut Europe in economic drive - Culture that values leisure now finds it an obstacle; Jobs are going elsewhere - Taking 9½ weeks of vacation, by Christopher Rhoads, WSJ, front page.
      [Let's take this headline piece by piece -]
      ...Short work hours undercut Europe in economic drive [no, they underpin the European consumer base] -
      Culture that values leisure now finds it an obstacle [no, we're feeling envious];
      Jobs are going elsewhere [like our's aren't?!] -
      Taking 9½ weeks of vacation [eat your hearts out, Americans!]