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...South, where Republicans dominate the governorships, 6-to-5. Democrats are emboldened by Barack Obama's victory last November, particularly in Southern states like Virginia, North Carolina and Florida - wins achieved partly because of high participation by those states' large black electorates, as well as the infusion of relatively affluent transplants who aren't beholden to the region's old-school political regimes. Now, of course, the Republican Party is struggling to move beyond its base of rural Southern white Protestants and into the Midwest and Northeast. So the governor's races quickly taking shape in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia...
...region, which he said was his new and most important task," says Rozsa's close friend, Zoltan Brady, in an article published by the Croatian news site Evening Paper on Monday. Autonomy has become the central demand of the Bolivia's eastern lowlands, where the predominantly white and more affluent population is at sometimes violent odds with Morales' pro-indigenous agenda, and where the lion's share of the nation's vast natural resources are located. "He told me about his involvement in fights in the jungle," Brady wrote. "He was one of [many] guerrilla fighters there." (Is Evo Morales...
...Back in town, the Zona Rosa remains a bastion of affluent indulgence. At Xoco Puro Chocolate, tel: (57-1) 622 0443, for instance, there are two dozen varieties of chocolates created entirely from native fruit and spices; at Club Colombia, tel: (57-1) 249 5681, smart versions of local classics such as corn empanadas or chicken-and-potato soup are served in a sprawling, renovated mansion. For postprandial diversions, check out the campy Mai Lirol Darlin, tel: (57-1) 236 5846, or the gay, electro-pop Blues Bar, tel: (57-1) 616 7126 - both are filled with well-heeled, cocktail...
...funny characters and a killer soundtrack, but the plight of the protagonist is taken too seriously, and “Superbad” fans might be disappointed to see the fun they love drained by unconvincingly tragic elements.James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) is planning a summer Euro-trip with his affluent roommate before he packs his pencil for Columbia’s journalism school. Catastrophe strikes, however, when Dad is demoted and can’t foot the vacation bill. For the first time in his life, James has to find a job. No self-indulgent European jaunt for him?...
...dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?' PAUL JACOBS, of Broughton, England, an affluent village where residents, citing potential security risks, blocked a Google car from taking pictures for the search engine's Street View project...