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...Residents of la butte (the hill) are fiercely proud of their village perched atop the city's highest peak. Even to the streams of tourists that climb its winding streets towards the Sacr? Coeur basilica, Montmartre's unique atmosphere is immediately apparent. Locals greet each other with the casual familiarity of a provincial town rather than a heaving metropolis. "I never write that I live in Paris when I'm signing a cheque, always Montmartre," says gallery owner Joseph Siracusa. "It's two different places entirely...
...Residents of la butte (the hill) are fiercely proud of their village perched atop the city's highest peak. Even to the streams of tourists that climb its winding streets towards the Sacr? Coeur basilica, Montmartre's unique atmosphere is immediately apparent. Locals greet each other with the casual familiarity of a provincial town rather than a heaving metropolis. "I never write that I live in Paris when I'm signing a cheque, always Montmartre," says gallery owner Joseph Siracusa. "It's two different places entirely...
...that these practices hide information from affected parties. This is only compounded by the presence of federal funds. One of America’s core principles is the idea of individualism and meritocracy, and federal student loans serve that end by providing all talented Americans with the opportunity to climb the social ladder. Colleges and loan companies are thus not only betraying students but also the American government and the American dream. The monetary incentives for such behavior are reaching unimaginable proportions. The student loan industry is approximately a $14 billion per year industry, and it is growing...
...experience - the men spent three years in the Gulag - seemed not to dampen a rebellious streak that showed early in his life. Yeltsin recounted several occasions on which he was disciplined in school for fighting or for organizing pranks, once persuading all the students in his classroom to climb out a window and run away from a teacher they disliked. Another time, he and a fellow student broke into an army storage area and stole a hand grenade. It exploded while he attempted to disassemble it, resulting in the loss of the thumb and forefinger of his left hand...
...Relief rather than triumph was the prevailing mood outside Socialist headquarters. Their road to the Elysee Palace remains an uphill climb. Although Royal's first round vote tally of 25.8% is better than Francois Mitterrand's performance in his victorious 1981 presidential run, Sarkozy's 31.1% is even more formidable. While the Socialist candidate can count on the backing of most far-left candidates in the runoff, their first-round share added with the Socialists' is only 36.2%. And if much of Jean Marie Le Pen's 10.4% transfer their support to the tough-on-immigration Sarkozy, the outcome...