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...tents, where nurses siphoned blood from their veins into 2-liter water bottles and juice jugs. The protesters then marched to Government House--the Prime Minister's official residence and office complex--and in a macabre pantomime of revolution, literally spilled their blood on the compound's gates and front steps. Ghastly? Perhaps. But certainly better than the alternative, says rice farmer Nawart Somsieng: "We can spill our blood for our country without using violence...
...Postcard: Paris" [March 15]: We struggle with obesity; the French teach their kids about healthy food and stay thinner. Maybe it's time we enlist their help. Hmm, can we handle the idea that food should be eaten at a table, not in front...
...less sure following the first round of voting in France's regional elections. Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement party, which snagged a surprisingly low 26%, lost by a wide margin to parties on the left; a coalition composed of the Socialist, Europe Ecology and Leftist Front parties took a combined 47%. Pollsters expect a similar result in the second round of voting, which is scheduled for March 21. The elections, held in each of France's 22 regions, are the last contest before Sarkozy's expected 2012 re-election...
...Americans try to understand the social currents that could wash a homegrown terrorist up to the front doors of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, they are taking a second look at people like Miller. It's not because Miller shows any signs of violent tendencies herself, but because she is one of the disseminators of a virulent antigovernment philosophy that may have helped plant thoughts of insurrection in someone else's head. Miller's own first thought upon hearing of the bombing was, "Oh, my gosh, I hope some idiot calling himself a patriot didn't do this...
...freshman year, I was publicity chair, so I was responsible for making sure that people came to the show and, basically, for raising awareness. I got involved because someone handed me a flyer in front of the Science Center that read "Do you love fashion? Are you interested in fashion? finance? publicity?" I thought that this would be a very good place for me, and, after going to the information session, the message of Eleganza really spoke to me. So, I decided to get involved...