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...white middle class. The Somerville Theatre was packed with a decidedly middle-aged Caucasian audience who seemed to be all dressed up, with a notable lack of irony, for #118—Ugly Sweater Parties. Traoré, a bluesy artist from Mali who sings in a combination of French, English and Bambara, took the stage to the quiet, but appreciative audience (a man in row J brought binoculars). Traoré mostly performed songs from her latest CD, “Tchamantché,” which is her first release in five years and has received much critical acclaim...
...busier valentine’s days in recent history,” said general manager Michael J. Mooney. “Even to the last moment, people were calling all morning long for reservations.” Christy Leveroni, dining room manager at Chez Henri, a French-Cuban restaurant close to the Quad, recalled business was the same as the last time Valentine’s fell on a Saturday, back in 2004. Though she recounted horror stories from other struggling eateries, Leveroni said Chez Henri has been “cushioned,” for the most part...
...multiple city-destroying warheads on the French and British submarines are not at risk of detonation from collision, Ferguson says. But had a nuclear reactor been damaged on either boat, it could have poisoned the crew and spread radioactive waste for miles across the Atlantic...
...Ferguson says the French are particularly secretive due to their position outside NATO's command structure. And past policy-level discussions have suggested a concern over the lack of communication. In 1994 Britain and France discussed closer cooperation between their navies and a possible carving up of deployment zones for their nuclear-armed submarine patrols. It took until September 2000 for arrangements to be formalized, in what was named the U.K.-French Bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement. That called for port visits for British and French nuclear-armed submarines and regular exchanges on nuclear policy. (See pictures of the French President...
...have been prevented by better communication between France and NATO, the revelation comes at a politically sensitive time: France is set to rejoin NATO's military infrastructure in April. Its secrecy policy on the location of its nuclear-armed subs could come under fire before then, especially as the French say they will not budge on the issue. Explains Erulin of the French Navy: "Because this is so essential to France's strategic defense interests, this is something that will be maintained even after France is fully reintegrated into NATO's military command structure...