Word: henri
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...Like most of his 20th century predecessors, Duke Henri of Luxembourg has played a mostly figurehead role in his country, a sliver of a nation wedged between Germany, Belgium, and France. But an unfolding royal family drama - replete with a papal cameo - has forced the handsome 53-year-old Duke to fall on what remains of his political sword. (Read TIME's Top 10 news stories...
...Duke Henri refused to sign a bill to legalize euthanasia for the terminally ill. The proposal, which would make Luxembourg one of the few countries to give terminal patients the right to die, was approved earlier this year by Parliament. But the monarch, a devout Catholic, says "reasons of conscience" prevented him from making it law. (Read about the fight to legalize euthanasia...
...left ear lobe after a confrontation with his friend Paul Gauguin? And then there’s Paul Gauguin himself, who is known for his attempt to escape European civilization in search a pre-civilization good life in Tahiti. There is the sadly romantic story of the dwarfen Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who would frequent the Moulin Rouge to pine after the beautiful, tall dancer Jane Avril.But Daniel Kehlmann, the author of the novel, “Me & Kaminski,” disputes whether one can reduce an artist’s life to such stories. Kehlmann embarks on an ambitious...
...naturally, one of her kin. The trouble is that they are apparently more interested in their own petty feuds than they are in rescuing her. That's especially true of Elizabeth (Anne Consigny), a glum playwright who, several years before, got involved in a lawsuit with her brother Henri (Mathieu Amalric, star of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and the lead villain in the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace). She has effectively banished him from the family circle, which makes him the wild card - and plot fulcrum - when he turns up for the holidays...
...month, I cannot help but ask when will Americans themselves accept responsibility for the problem and recognise that they have been living beyond their means for much too long? Are you adult, responsible people, or should your government also wash your ears in the morning? Henri du Plessis, CAPE TOWN