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...continue the Anglo-French tradition of coming from different planets. Sarkozy, who won an easy victory in the French presidential runoff election on May 6, is the son of a capricious Hungarian émigré aristocrat. A mediocre student who still refers painfully to the "humiliations" of his childhood, he embraced Gaullist conservatism as a young man when most of his contemporaries were reveling in the make-love-not-war spirit of the late '60s. He triumphed in the French vote by painting himself as the candidate of change. "Together we will write a new page in our history...
...first sight, Brown and Sarkozy hardly seem like soul mates. Sarkozy, who won an easy victory in the French presidential run-off election on May 6, is the son of a Hungarian �migr� aristocrat. A mediocre student who still refers painfully to the "humiliations" of his childhood, Sarkozy embraced Gaullist conservatism as a young man, when most of his French contemporaries were reveling in the make-love-not-war spirit of the late 1960s. He triumphed in the French vote by consistently painting himself as the candidate able to lift the nation out of its economic torpor. "Together...
...Horowitz says that it is no coincidence that his childhood passion for ham radio is a precursor to his studies in the field of electrical engineering...
...difficult to doubt their veracity. “Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey” is written in the form of interviews with everyone connected to the eponymous protagonist. The plot can be loosely defined as a look at Rant’s strange childhood (one in which his mother filled the family’s food with shards of metal and glass, and he purposefully subjected himself to the stings and bites of spiders and vermin), his involvement in “Party Crashing” (a form of tag played with cars), and his eventual spreading...
...mouths, bleeding from the eyes and screaming. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: In middle school, I went through a “gargoyles” phase during which I amassed a large collection of books, posters, and over 30 gargoyles of various sizes. Favorite childhood toy: My “Street Sharks” action figures, featuring Jab, Streex, Slammu, Ripster, and Dr. Piranoid. Sexiest physical trait: Child-bearing hips and two extended collarbone “nubbins” that I hope to hyper-evolve into wings. Favorite part about Harvard: The people! Describe...