<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>From beneath the American Sports Machine:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/international/americas/25COST.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/international/americas/25COST.html?hp</A>></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well, at least these people have work. Isn't that what T. Friedman would say?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>DP</DIV></BODY></HTML>