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...Anecdotal evidence also abounds that French smokers are pushing back in ways that they previously didn't dare. On some French train lines - all of which are officially non-smoking - smokers frequently take over certain cars, thus far escaping punishment. Butts are also turning up in greater numbers in Paris' Metro. "I'm not bothering anyone, and if I am, they can go to another part of the platform," says a man who identified himself only as Adel as he smoked in the Etienne Marcel station recently. "If I see a Metro official, cop or someone who looks like they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking Ban? The French Light Up Again in Public | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...cause of this opposition lies in the increasing disempowerment of both the British individual and the British state. Moreover, the British taxpayer has to pay a very substantial amount of money to the E.U. each year, an organization that cannot, will not or dare not, tell us how it is all spent. Elliott makes the point that the U.S. wants Britain to be central to European policy; that's all very well, but it is increasingly clear that this is not what the people of Britain want. If Britain is a democracy then the will of her people alone should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slowly Does It | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...worse than them when I pray for them. But more than ever, that's when I want to instill into you hope - to let you know that God's going to give you strength for this battle. He's going to give you peace, and you've got to dare to trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pastor Joel Osteen | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

According to media reports, Schroeder’s mother claims that he does not remember anything from the incident. Other reports indicate that the act was done as part of a drunken dare...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Alum Accused of Arson | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...portfolio. Still, he recalls one influential Detroit pastor saying, "We like you, but you pose a problem for the clergy: homosexuality is a sin in our book." Yet hardly any ministers have publicly denounced his candidacy. "People have whispered things about Charles Pugh's homosexuality that they wouldn't dare say in public, partly because they don't want to be singled out," says Gaddis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Detroit's First Openly Gay Pol Save the City? | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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