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...Nguyen adds. "If you?re a good soldier, you?ll be a bad civilian." Sometimes the transition is fatal. When Jeff Lucey came back from Iraq, his loving family noticed the change, his withdrawal inside his troubled skull. Within a few months, he had put a loop in a garden hose and hanged himself. Only death ended his nightmares...
Shopping for that cozy central Paris pied-à-terre? Consider the ad in the daily Le Monde: 18th-century townhouse, 4,137 sq m of floor space, huge courtyard, lush 2,400-sq-m garden - all tucked away in the city's ritzy seventh arrondissement. A perfect nest for your (very extended) family. Who'd part with such a jewel? The divestment-minded French state, that's who. "This is part of a major process to renew and rationalize France's real estate holdings," says an adviser to Reform and Budget Minister Jean-François Copé. Since June...
...still haunt the men who saw or committed them. The second half is about the challenges these soldiers faced when they returned home, many of them with damaged bodies, most of them forced to relive their nightmares every night. One young man came back and hanged himself with a garden hose; another, fearful of demons attacking him, sleeps with a gun under...
...raincoats. Tia, in a silvery bolero thrown over a gray cotton tank and white pants, is finishing up a resort collection inspired by Lulamae Barnes, the poor Southern child bride who goes on to become Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Bouquets of spearmint from Fiona's garden adorn drafting tables, and the staff members' afternoon snack consists of cupcakes, iced expertly in shocking pink by Fiona's daughter Bella. It's hard to imagine how an ordinary Xiamen resident would react if he or she walked into the studio by accident...
...interior of the office is adorned with large Afghan rugs, cream-colored sofas and a marble fireplace; behind Karzai's desk is a bookcase that prominently displays the collected writings of George Washington. From the serenity of that perch, it's tempting to gaze down at the blossoming rose garden below and convince yourself that the war being waged to save Karzai's country is far, far away...