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...Vincent says visitors to the shop frequently asked whether the dismal climes were usual for Paris - a question he ironically heard not solely due to the weather. Interestingly, by mid-August, tourism officials were already reporting the highest number of foreign visitors to Paris since 2002, and hotel occupancy rates were also above normal. The area is expected to get an additional boost through September and October, meanwhile, as rugby fans flock to France to watch matches in the sport's World...
...which maturity and gravitas would seem to be among the most important attributes for the job. What better way for a woman who might otherwise be viewed as a girly lightweight to convey her experience than by having gray hair? Yet of the 16 female U.S. Senators - the highest number ever - who range in age from 46 to 74, not a single one has visible gray hair. Of the 70 female members of the House, only seven have gray hair. Political professionals say that the double standard is a great unspoken inequity but that candidates and officeholders don't dare...
...American Idol, calling a performance "bad karaoke" is the worst insult the judges can hurl. It is also the greatest compliment they can bestow. Idol viewers, after all, have made the caterwauling audition episodes the highest-rated, except for the finale. In their eyes, karaoke is the Mae West of entertainment: when it's bad, it's better...
...past year, obesity rates have gone up in 31 states, and no states had shrinking rates. The report found that two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, 60% of the population in 32 states is overweight or obese and more than 30% of Mississippians are obese--the highest number for any state ever. Outdoorsy Colorado is still the least overweight state. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
...Mensa-level IQ and photographic memory, I have pushed for grade skipping and spent hours meeting with school officials to champion gifted-child programs in a long struggle to educate my son in a school that challenges him. TIME's revelation that money spent educating students with the highest IQs is a paltry 10% of the money spent educating students with the lowest IQs comes as no surprise to parents of gifted children. Gifted youth who have the potential to find a cure for cancer or get the U.S. back to the moon and beyond deserve special curriculums. Because federal...