Word: christiane
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...putting out the fires of extremism. Sarkozy's success came in tandem with the collapse of Le Pen, who garnered just 10% of the vote. Le Pen's base proved vulnerable to Sarkozy's unapologetically conservative rhetoric, which featured a tough law-and-order stance, talk of national identity, Christian roots and new curbs on immigration and welfare. It worked: no right-wing presidential candidate has fared as well in the first round since 1974. The presidency isn't won yet, however. Though Sarkozy enters the frantic push toward the runoff as the favorite, he must now make a turn...
...Later a near riot erupted when Virginia Tech's few black students lowered the flag to half-staff. Since then, "we've opened doors to people from all over the world!" Lloyd marvels. This college town, where black and white, male and female, Puerto Rican, Indian, Indonesian and Egyptian, Christian, Muslim and Jew all died together--and mourned together--is a place that has changed profoundly over the years. A place that need not fear changes ahead...
Sources: New York Times (3); Associated Press; USA Today; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post...
...response from the Corporation when contacted about Petersen’s letter late last night. —Laurence H. M. Holland contributed to the reporting of this story. —Claire M. Guehenno contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...once wrote. On the face of it, Boris Yeltsin's end was fabulous: Some 20,000 ordinary people, most leading Russian dignitaries, many world leaders and senior statesmen that included two former U.S. Presidents flocked to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to pay their last respects. The Orthodox Christian funeral was the first such for a Russian leader in the last 113 years. And there were full military honors, President Vladimir Putin solemnly walking behind the gun carriage bearing the coffin, and the artillery salute at the VIP Novodevichye cemetery, while the nation observed an official period of mourning...