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...contrast to the French one, which boldly tackled big issues like the Russia-Georgia conflict, the economic crisis and the E.U.'s emissions-cutting policies. "We have just had a very active French presidency, and with Sarkozy, a showman in the driving seat," Martens says. "The Czech government will aim to drive the team forward, but Klaus won't take a low profile. He won't be able to resist temptation to be provocative and do symbolic things that annoy...
...York Times theater critic who was Pinter's most assiduous American promoter, asked the author, "Do your plays have more to do with your life than we know?", he replied, "They have more to do with my life than I know." In other words, an artist, no matter his aim, is always writing his autobiography. He could also have said that each production of a play creates its own unique meaning. When Old Times had its premiere in London, with Colin Blakeley, Vivien Merchant and Dorothy Tutin as the threesome, it seemed the story of a man victimized...
...good times, but that fear is especially heightened nowadays." A poll recently conducted by Opinion Research Corp. and sponsored by popular dating site eHarmony backs up Leibmann's theory. Of 1,092 respondents, those who said they felt stressed by the current economy were 14% more likely to aim to be in a long-term relationship within a year, compared with those who were not stressed by the economy. (See the 50 best websites...
...said it was wrong to think of these kinds of mass Church events as a "type of rock festival modified in the ecclesiastic sense, with the Pope as the 'star'." As he prepares to lead his fourth midnight Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, the soft-spoken pontiff will aim yet again to reach the faithful through the force of his intellect and the grace of his prose. Many however will tune in because the man in white, even one with both academic and doctrinaire tendencies, will always carry serious star power...
...want to travel alone? If it's to get away from a partner you feel is a burden or boring or otherwise not enjoyable to be with, then you probably need to take a better look at whether you're in the right relationship. But if your aim is to take a little "me-time" or to pursue activities and interests that you and your mate happen not to share, then there's no shame in leaving him or her at home. It's probably better that...