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...shops to see if I could pick up some nice Parisian fashion," grumbles Jemima, a 35-year-old sales professional on her way to the French capital late one January afternoon. "But not now." Dashing to catch his train to Brussels, company director Andrew Cowgill thinks Britons have even begun "questioning whether they want to go" to Europe for vacation. (See 10 things to do in London...
...spoon label imposed by detractors (as le mal bouffe, or junk food), the company has of late made very determined and demonstrative efforts to adapt menus, tailor to hygiene sensibilities and communicate with clients on dietary and nutritional questions that have long dogged its food. "It has introduced salads, begun using certain traditional French cheeses on burgers and told clients, 'Our food is good food, but it isn't meant to be eaten every day and can't replace the regular diet you'll get at home,' " says Berger. "Basically, McDonald's and France have worked out an understanding that...
...burn in the mind of freshman guard Peter Boehm (six points). With Harvard inbounding at midcourt and trailing by three, Boehm received the ball and promptly passed it back across the midcourt line to classmate Oliver McNally. The backcourt violation ended a Crimson scoring chance before it had even begun...
...sniping between the two giants of Texas politics has already begun. Hutchison has said state government needs a long-overdue "scrubbing," while Perry has suggested her vote for the $700 billion Wall Street federal bailout reflects a "Democrat Lite" approach to economic hard times. At a press conference to unveil a pro-life auto-license plate, Perry intimated that his potential opponent has been less than 100% supportive of pro-life policies. Hutchison, whose position on abortion has been described as "nuanced" by conservative columnist George Will, has supported federal funding for stem-cell research and opposed federal funds...
...Geneva Convention that allows their courts to arrest and prosecute individuals accused of committing war crimes in other countries. Such legal options, Israel fears, may be used to bring politically motivated charges against its citizens. The daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday that Israel's Foreign and Justice ministries have begun drawing up lists of law firms in different European countries that could be enlisted to defend Israelis in any future cases...