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| | TIME Europe Magazine: Opening a Closed Shop -- Mar. 28, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Soon after their country joined the European Union last May, they tried to open two shops across the Austrian border, in the quaint medieval townlet of Gmünd and in nearby Waidhofen. |
 | | First, Gmünd's labor office told them bluntly that no more flower shops were needed in the area. |
 | | Authorities then took two months to register their firm compared with three days on the Czech side and refused to license Lenc for flower arranging, despite his 15 years of experience. |
| www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901050328-1039663,00.html (739 words) |
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