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...Orleans Times-Picayune on the front page. I know the U.S. perhaps better than most French people, and I really like the United States. I've made many excellent friends there, I feel good there. I love junk food, and I always come home with a few extra pounds. I've always worked and supported transatlantic solidarity. When I hear people say that I'm anti-American, I'm sad--not angry, but really...
...once simply meant “to take by force.” The directors addressed the issue directly in the program, writing, “As the predominant connotation of the word shifted over time, [the playwrights] Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt adjusted the text to make it extra-clear that ‘rape’ in this context means ‘abduction…seizure…kidnapping.’” The directors were correct that the meaning of the word changed, but the change occurred in the 15th century at the latest...
TIME's interview with the Jordanian royalty continues on Time.com. Read these extra questions with Queen Rania...
...Harper has reacted Martel's campaign with a technique that has proved quite effective during his time in power: stony silence. While his staff have countered with a list of new arts funding, including an extra C$50 million for the Canada Council for the Arts, Harper himself has not responded directly to Martel or commented in the media. A Harper spokesperson did say that the PM "reads a variety of books when he has some spare time." Martel concedes that the Prime Minister has a lot of demands on his time, but he is not willing to excuse Harper...
...gulp theory. The basic laws of restaurant economics state that meals keep getting bigger because food is cheap and fixed overhead--staff, rent, equipment--is the same no matter how much is piled on your plate. So giant servings are a win-win: you pay a little extra for a lot more food, and the restaurant makes extra profit. It's the same rule that created tubs of movie popcorn, venti-size coffee cups and Burger King's Meat'normous Omelet Sandwich. It's why no restaurant will ever give you a reasonably sized stack of pancakes...