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...Uncultivated America!" I wanted to cry out. But no. The United States has many researchers, scholars, thinkers and artists of the highest level. Only they don't write in TIME. Maurice Druon, MEMBER OF THE ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE, IN LE FIGARO...
...into ourselves. It must on the contrary incite us to be audacious, to bet on the talent of new generations, by widening access to culture, by opening France still more to sensibilities from beyond its borders. Jean-Marie Bockel, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COOPERATION AND FRANCOPHONE AFFAIRS, IN LE FIGARO...
...front-page photo of Bruni - a startling break from Le Figaro's sober tradition - was highly controversial inside the paper's newsroom. Indeed, it was published after a last-minute order from publisher Etienne Mougeotte on Sunday evening, when he overrode the decision by the editors to feature France's Olympic swimmer Laure Manadou on page one. "This is a big bone of contention," Charles Jaigu, who covers Sarkozy for Le Figaro, told TIME on Monday. "But it is a new fact that we have to deal with." That new reality includes a sharp drop in advertising revenues...
...Yeah, right. That cool vanished on Monday, with the unveiling of Sarkozy's new love interest - the singer and former supermodel Carla Bruni, whose previous companions include Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. The conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro - which strongly supports Sarkozy - on Monday splashed a quarter-page photo of Bruni on its front page, which is typically reserved for dry political news, under the headline: "The president's girlfriend." Bruni's photo appeared next to an article predicting a tough week ahead for Sarkozy's reform program, over which trade unions are planning mass strikes. The President's happier...
...getting more money into consumer pockets would have to come from people working longer - and effectively renouncing the nation's 35-hour workweek. "Get To Work, And No Gifts" headlined the leftist daily Libération Friday. "The End of the 35-Hour Yoke" celebrated its conservative rival, Le Figaro...