Word: chã
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...Your Clocks to Ch?...
...after handbags, every so often the design world has a buzzed-about It item of its own, and never are those goods more desirable than when there's an intersection with the fashion world. Hence the increasing levels of excitement surrounding Farfelus Farfadets, a charming collection of papier-mch?? sculptures that French couple Anne Freisz and Laurant Poumarat have been designing since 1996. Displaying the handmade works of art, which are available at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City and mostly take the form of animals but also the odd musical instrument, has become a rite of passage...
...kiss in the “City of Love,” including Pont Neuf, the Musée Rodin, Montmarte, and the Eiffel Tower. Apparently the writers forgot to mention the Luxembourg Garden. And the line outside my local crêperie stand. Even the moving sidewalk in the Ch??telet metro station...
...there are many legitimate criticisms of the Bush Administration's performance. But, in fact, despite the gloom and doom from critics left and right (including, occasionally, me), the world seems to present the usual mixed bag of difficult problems and heartening developments. In Latin America, there's Hugo Ch??vez eroding democracy in Venezuela--but there's also pretty good news from the democracies in Mexico and Brazil. In Europe, the U.S. fares badly in public opinion polls--but the people of Germany and France have elected the relatively pro-American Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, clear improvements over their...
...real problems. But there's an even bigger one: democracy is not improving people's lives. In Bangladesh, among the most corrupt countries in the world, many were thrilled when the military seized power in January. By most accounts, Russians like how Vladimir Putin has ruled. And though Ch??vez is one of Latin America's least democratic leaders, he's also one of the most popular. In many countries that have embraced democracy since the cold war's end, free elections haven't reduced corruption, violence or poverty. When generals topple democratic governments or when autocrats like Putin...