| French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented a united front in championing Europe's auto industry, hard hit by plunging demand in recent months. Helping European auto manufacturers was all the more important, Mr. Sarkozy said, given the financial help Washington may offer to U.S. automakers |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.