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...second city. The center-right Dutch government, while keen to decrease immigration, has signaled its opposition to Rotterdam's approach. And with good reason: local initiatives, and even national ones, frequently lead to a mere displacement of the problem. Just ask the Swedes. The tougher approach taken by the Danish government elected in November 2001, including a 50% cut in financial aid to newcomers, has reduced the number of people seeking asylum there from 12,500 in 2001 to less than a third of that this year. Largely as a result, asylum applications in Sweden have gone up 40% since...
...It’s a bit of a conundrum for friends,” Dean Hunt, Schoenhof’s Foreign Books employee and long-time language maestro, admits with a chuckle. Because, despite the fact that Hunt knows French, German, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Ukranian, Finnish and a smattering of Slavic languages, he hasn’t ventured off this continent in 18 years. “I hate flying,” he says, at home with the store’s obscure volumes and multilingual clientele. Hunt leans back decisively...
...spot on the local puli lovers’ club board of directors left her little time to contemplate the empty nest I had left. Then there was my father’s decision to drive to the Bronx and rescue what he described as a “Danish gentleman from the turn of the century,” a white-chested, overweight dog they named Blix. Scuppers, the oldest of the pack, even has weekly appointments with his chiropractor...
MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... Sun Storm in a Gallery When two Englishmen meet, they talk about the weather. When staff at London's Tate Modern museum gather, they talk about "The Weather Project" - and how Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson's installation leaves them feeling foggy. While visitors have been dazzled, Tate staffers say they've been disoriented by a yellow mist in which a representation of the sun drifts. The haze is glycol, a harmless sugar-and-water mix often used to create atmosphere in nightclubs. The cure? A bit of fresh...
...addition to Dunkin’s namesake pastry, the chain offers a variety of bakery choices. The raspberry white chocolate scone, salsa bagel, cinnamon apple muffin and myriad danish offer many reasons to skip Au Bon Pain. The powder base in the hot chocolate, Dunkaccino and Vanilla Chai drinks requires a good deal of choking to imbibe, but the coffee is surprisingly potent and delicious. And, frankly, a box of Munchkins will make anyone Mr. Popular...