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...Vesper's death hangs over Bond like black crepe, spurring his sense of revenge and most of the plot. His chief nemesis is Dominic Greene (French star Mathieu Amalric, of last year's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), a zillionaire member of the Quantum board who uses environmental philanthropy to mask his sick dreams of diverting water from the peasants of South America. (Bolivia is the new Chinatown.) Greene passes along one of his plaything-victims, the seductive Camille (Olga Kurylenko), to the Bolivian strongman Gen. Medrano (Joaquín Cosio). Turns out Camille, like Bond, has a score...
Restaurateur Danny Meyer expects to sell more French fries and less foie gras. Meyer, who owns seven New York City eateries, says lines are longer than ever at his Shake Shack. But business is off 5% at two of his nearby, higher-end eateries, both of which are on the first floor of the New York headquarters of financial firm Credit Suisse. One of the restaurants, Eleven Madison Park, features a duck-liver terrine with pineapple and pearl onions on a rum-raisin brioche. The appetizer costs an additional $20 on top of the restaurant's normal $88 tasting menu...
...British national living in the U.S. Upon discovering where I am from, countless Americans reply with "Oh, I'm Irish/Scottish/quarter-English/half - French Canadian," etc. Given that a lot of Americans are proud of their non-American ancestry, why do some people use it as a negative point for Obama? Tim Parkinson, South Burlington...
...British national living in the U.S. Upon discovering where I am from, countless Americans reply with "Oh, I'm Irish/Scottish/quarter-English/ half-French Canadian," etc. Given that a lot of Americans are proud of their non-American ancestry, why do some people use it as a negative point for Obama? Tim Parkinson, SOUTH BURLINGTON...
Alain Lamassoure, a European Parliament member hailing from the south of France, stressed the importance of French and European engagement with the United States and said that a new administration in Washington provides the opportunity for a new era of transatlantic relations, at a speech at the Center for European Studies yesterday. Repeating phrases like “you and us,” Lamassoure’s words were carefully calibrated to make the United States and Europe sound close together, particularly in the event of a victory next week by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama...