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...York University graduate student Rich S. Carapezza and Cristina Ortiz ’10 stuck to nachos and French bread pizza over Pilsner and knackwurst...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oktoberfest Transforms Campus Pub | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...Further tests of longer-range missiles are expected in the days running up to the historic meeting between American, French, British, Russian, Chinese and German diplomats and their Iranian counterparts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power to Chaos — Tracking Iran's Four-Month Slide | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...thrown to the lions and put in prison because of ancient history - and as he was traveling to an event honoring him - is absolutely horrifying," French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand said after Polanski was arrested upon arrival in Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival, where he was to receive a lifetime achievement award. "There's an America we love and an America that scares us, and it's that latter America that has just shown us its face." In comments that appeared to be directed at Swiss and American authorities to free Polanski, Mitterrand added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polanski's Arrest: Why the French Are Outraged | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...French view Polanski as an artist and celebrity and feel he deserves a different kind of treatment than ordinary people, which just isn't an option in the U.S.," says Ted Stanger, an author and longtime resident of France who has written extensively on the differing public views and attitudes across the Atlantic. "The French in particular, and Europeans in general, don't understand why it isn't possible for American officials to intervene and say, 'Hey, it's been over 30 years and things look a little different now. Let's just forget this thing.' " (Read "More Sex, Please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polanski's Arrest: Why the French Are Outraged | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...Polanski's fans across Europe decry his detention, his lawyers say they're filing appeals of both his arrest and eventual transfer to the U.S. "To the French mind, this has made Polanski a combination of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Dreyfus - the victim of systematic persecution," Stanger says. "To the American mind, he's proof that no one is above the law." That's a perception gap as wide as the Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polanski's Arrest: Why the French Are Outraged | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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