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Overseas, they have been asking them for some time. In recent years Europeans have become increasingly jumpy about bad food--and with good reason. Since the outbreak of mad-cow disease in 1996, the appearance of dioxin-contaminated Belgian chickens last spring and the later recall of contaminated cans of Coca-Cola in France and the Benelux nations, health officials have grown fussier about what their citizens consume--raising the doubts about GM food even higher...
...peacekeeping forces. Although that may sound a little superfluous, the present situation is that such forces are only governed by the codes applied by each nation contributing troops -? which has resulted in widely divergent responses when soldiers from different countries have engaged in abuses during peacekeeping operations. While Belgian and Canadian troops were severely punished for torturing captives in Somalia, Pakistani personnel weren?t even charged for similar abuses during the same peacekeeping mission...
...little, as I unloaded the pressure of Paris and took the time to observe the beauty around me here, I opened up to the locals--and they opened up to me. Their low-pitched, gravely pronunciation, in sharp contrast to my Parisian accent with a hint of a Belgian twang, began to sound less foreign. And they taught me the magic of the Tour--an event the size of a small village that thunders through their region each year leaving crowds of fans, discarded tents and straggling journalists in its wake...
...little, as I unloaded the pressure of Paris and took the time to observe the beauty around me here, I opened up to the locals--and they opened up to me. Their low-pitched, gravely pronunciation, in sharp contrast to my Parisian accent with a hint of a Belgian twang, began to sound less foreign. And they taught me the magic of the Tour--an event the size of a small village that thunders through their region each year leaving crowds of fans, discarded tents and straggling journalists in its wake...
...Belgian designer Martin Margiela has dipped some garments in agar and treated them with mold to develop new colors and textures [NOTEBOOK, May 24]? I have a feeling that sales for Margiela's mold-covered dresses will be sporadic at best! (I couldn't resist.) MATTHEW LADUKE Spotswood...