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...wife Cecilia dumped him for another man last summer and is about to publish a tell-all book. "France is a conservative country," says political scientist Dominique Reynié, "and Sarkozy causes conflict and perturbation at every turn." France may prefer its politicians decorous, its weekends long and its conflicts discreet. But after the shocking depredations of recent days, Sarkozy is betting that his compatriots are ready to get tough...
...Kiama blowhole, south of Sydney, tourists watch from a discreet distance as geysers of spray burst from a hole in the cliff top. Growing up in the area, Tom Denniss was fascinated by these eruptions, caused when waves rushing deep into a cave force a mix of compressed air and water out through a gap in the roof. Now, a few miles south of Kiama, in the industrial city of Port Kembla, Denniss and his company, Energetech, are using the principles of the blowhole to turn wave energy into electricity...
Facing the river on the Left Bank is a new hotel that makes my list, the Hôtel Esprit Saint Germain--discreet and quiet, and a quick sprint from some of the city's favorite haunts. A tiny, cute, retrofitted dairy, Cremerie Caves Miard (9, Rue des Quatre-Vents), provides a lunch or dinner antidote for jet lag. The young chef-owner serves seasonal, simple country food and fascinating wines...
...hopefully. But to end up on offense and stuff, scoring touch downs and everything, being on a team that's 17 and 1 too. It's just a lucky time." A lucky time. "Big Will," laughs McMichael lightly, delightedly. If any teammates begrudge Perry his windfall, they have been discreet. "When he first got into the defense, I'd have to tell him every place to go. We'd make the call in the huddle--break!--and he'd look right at me. Big Will...
Hours later, Shamir appealed for an agreement to resume the convention within a few weeks. Labor Party leaders, for their part, maintained a discreet silence, but they were said to be discussing the developments with the smaller political parties that have supported Likud in the past. The pro-Labor Jerusalem Post asked how Herut could be considered fit to govern when its leaders accused one another of being "power-mad cheats, liars, vote riggers, megalomaniacs and, all in all, criminals." At his home on Zemach Street, Menachem Begin kept his own counsel but was reportedly distraught at the Herut bloodletting...