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...filled with toys and clothes and kitchenware and books and photos and the other flotsam of family life. The woman deserves a medal. That's exactly the conclusion the French authorities reached earlier this year. In May, Denis traveled from her home in St.-Germain-en-Laye, an affluent Parisian commuter town, to the capital. There, in the Salle des Fêtes of the Elysées Palace, French President Jacques Chirac presented her with the Médaille de la Famille Française - the medal of the French family, founded in the '20s to express the nation...
...well. So how about touring the Uffizi Gallery with Maurizio Seracini? He's an art detective mentioned in The Da Vinci Code who uncovers the secrets of Renaissance masterpieces. Florence-based Artviva Exclusive Experiences has recruited such well-known experts from various fields to offer unforgettable outings to affluent travelers. Wine buffs might decide to visit castles and vineyards with renowned American wine writer Burton Anderson...
...forms of governance. The pcc, a prison football team that evolved into a criminal gang, has proved more ambitious than its rivals, not only seeking to control the cellblocks but also claiming to campaign for better conditions in them. The prisons are a world far removed from the affluent residential districts of Brazil's financial capital, but in May, even wealthy Paulistas discovered what had been brewing in their penitentiaries. pcc leaders, operating from their cells, orchestrated jail riots and assaults on police, public buildings and transport throughout the city and São Paulo state. There were 187 deaths...
...bring this up because I sense the media is increasingly ignoring the true American family, and instead is putting the dramas of affluent families on Page One. It would be okay if they delivered these portraits with a sardonic wink, so that we might laugh at the foibles of the well-off. But there is no wink. Instead, we are asked to sympathize with people's self-made problems, and these affluent-family issues are held up as representative...
...When desirable internships don't pay, they exclude all but the affluent, who can afford to skip paychecks for that career-launching stint carrying a record producer's bags or holding swatches for a famous fashion designer. But many reputable employers, mindful of that inequity (or just sick of rich kids), now pay at least minimum wage...