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...partner, Socialist Party secretary François Hollande, has also been touted as a potential presidential candidate, there is an across-the-water parallel. Like Hillary and Bill Clinton in the U.S., this may be another welcome case of getting two for the price of one. Martin L. Grey High Wycombe, England Your cover story on Royal, the most likely presidential candidate of the French Socialist Party, provided excellent background on the possibility of this unprecedented phenomenon in French politics - a woman President. But you missed one point. Behind Royal's feminine charm and photogenic smile beats a heart that...
More than any other sector, insurers need to separate the reality from the myths of global warming. "There is a growing body of expert opinion that our climate is changing. For Lloyd's of London, ignoring that was not an option," says Darragh Grey, senior manager of the 360 Risk Project at the storied high-risk underwriters and author of a new report on the insurance industry's failure to confront climate change...
Issued in May, Grey's report, "Adapt or Bust," delivered a stark message. It read, "So far, the industry has not taken changing catastrophe trends seriously enough. Climate change is likely to bring us all an even more uncertain future. If we do not take action now to understand the risks and their impact, the changing climate could kill us." Its sobering conclusion: "The insurance industry must now seize the opportunity to make a difference, not just to the future of our own industry, but to the future of society...
...lecture 15 minutes late? I am always surprised by your unique and occasionally bizarre ice cream variety—if you leave, I’ll never get to try the “Grape Nuts” flavor! Where else would tattooed and pierced townies custom mix Earl Grey and Crimson Berry tea when I need both caffeine and Vitamin C? I’m sorry, I shouldn’t be angry. I understand your needs too. I just can’t believe you might not be there when I need you most...
...brilliant, budding Blue van Meer and her father Gareth, a charismatic professor and Casanova. For reasons unforeseen, the pair settles down at a North Carolina private school where Blue meets Hannah Schneider. Schneider is more than a teacher; she’s “a shade of grey,” and her sudden death, which Pessl reveals in the first chapter, catalyzes a series of peculiar events. We follow Blue as she Nancy Drews around campus, collecting specimens from her past and the not-so-distant pasts of others in efforts to unravel the twisted circumstances surrounding...