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...France retains its pre-eminence alongside Germany as one of the Union's two prime movers. If that means he has to turn up his nose at Tony Blair, as he did at the E.U. summit late last month, he's more than willing. Chirac, who celebrates his 70th birthday at the end of this month, has often been thwarted in a career that stretches back four decades, so he's making up for it now. He earned his cowboy spurs in the 1970s, veering wildly between Reagan-Thatcher economics and French "laborism." He resigned as Prime Minister...
Butler says he uses the birthday trick as a way to get to know the students, but not all are receptive to his antics at first...
...Some kids want to know why I want to know their birthday. It’s like they’re afraid I’m trying to find out if they’re 21 or not,” he says. “I could care less about their ages...
Kirkland House residents have become accustomed to Butler’s friendly birthday inquiry. “I’ve heard him describe his algorithm and known him so long that the mysticism has worn off,” says James R. Whittle ’03, who Butler says was born on a Friday. Whittle says has no idea which day of the week he was born and he hasn’t bothered to check if Butler’s right. This is typical, Butler says, but he is undeterred...
...Saturday, I went with two friends to cater at a birthday party for three women celebrating their 60th birthdays. Little did we know we were being paid $25 an hour to pass out hor d’oeuvres to Chris Affleck (yes, the mother of), one of the birthday women. So when Ben and Jennifer Lopez showed up, exuding their real-life, unphotographed celebrity-wattage five feet from the kitchen, the three of us exchanged glances of disbelief and started frantically piling frozen spinach puffs in the oven for an excuse (any!) to circulate...