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...Residents of la butte (the hill) are fiercely proud of their village perched atop the city's highest peak. Even to the streams of tourists that climb its winding streets towards the Sacr? Coeur basilica, Montmartre's unique atmosphere is immediately apparent. Locals greet each other with the casual familiarity of a provincial town rather than a heaving metropolis. "I never write that I live in Paris when I'm signing a cheque, always Montmartre," says gallery owner Joseph Siracusa. "It's two different places entirely...
...Residents of la butte (the hill) are fiercely proud of their village perched atop the city's highest peak. Even to the streams of tourists that climb its winding streets towards the Sacr? Coeur basilica, Montmartre's unique atmosphere is immediately apparent. Locals greet each other with the casual familiarity of a provincial town rather than a heaving metropolis. "I never write that I live in Paris when I'm signing a cheque, always Montmartre," says gallery owner Joseph Siracusa. "It's two different places entirely...
...marvel. On a recent sunny morning, Rudd is scheduled to visit a school in Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney electorate. He's running late. Two dozen reporters and photographers are gathered in an arc near the school's entrance. Rudd's car arrives, the leader emerges, and a greeting party, including local Laboristas, moves his way. Cameras whirr, reporters edge a little closer. As he shakes a teacher's hand, Rudd's face emits a single, dazzling beam: eyes, lips, teeth in luminous concert. Today's contrived event-a grass-roots grip and greet-has become a rapture...
...fire and resurfaced 12 years later in the Fogg Art Museum. The museum has agreed to a permanent loan with the Queen’s Head, and the gargoyle will be displayed above the bar. “As you walk in, the gargoyle will be right there to greet you,” said Loker Commons Project Manager Zachary A. Corker ’04, who has previously served as campus fun czar. Also on display will be a 500-pound fragment of the Memorial Hall bell, cracked in the same fire, Corker said. Officially known as the Cambridge...
Every so often, Taiwan's laid-back ancient capital, Tainan, has a media moment. In 2004, it came when President Chen Shui-bian survived an assassination attempt while campaigning for re-election in his native county. Last fall, the island's ravenous press corps lined Tainan's streets to greet another hometown hero, New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming, when he returned to spend the off-season with his parents. But the most recent development will likely outlast the next-day news cycle: the sleek new bullet train has arrived, opening up a southward escape route from scooter-choked...