Word: interiorities
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...continued to boil. In the nation's poorest banlieues, where the residents are mostly black and Arab, jobless rates often near 40%. And Sarkozy has long been known as "the most hated man in the projects"--a reputation he earned before the last rioting, in 2005, when the then Interior Minister used racially charged language to denounce suburban thuggery...
...step away from the box. "For the first time ever, television gave way to design," says Michio Ogawa, a senior member of the design team that created Sharp's pioneering Aquos line. "Flat panels turned the television from an eyesore when it's not turned on to an interior-design fashion statement...
...reinvent the Aquos, Saeki encouraged the industrial designers to explore their new urban environment, but they were all required to attend a daily morning assembly. There are no in-house design competitions; team members build on their individual expertise in fields such as architecture, color coordination and interior design. They might sport faux-hawks, but Sharp's designers are decisively Japanese in their collaborative creativity...
...while trying to enforce law and order - the question is, does he need to be making that particular point when the rioters who sought to injure or kill police seem to be calming down? This issue of Sarkozy's timing is key, given his notorious reputation when, as the Interior Minister, he was seen using racially loaded terms to denounce project hooligans just days before the riots exploded...
...continued or spreading violence remained, sociologists and security experts said they believed the significant dip in violence Tuesday night considerably lowered the risk of contagion - at least till the next time. French government officials aren't taking any chances on a possible resurgence in Villiers-le-Bel. French Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie, for example, saluted the "calmed situation," but promised that considerably reinforced "police presence will be maintained for as long as necessary." Sarkozy also convened an urgent meeting of key cabinet members to discuss ways to prevent a renewal of attacks - and propose measures to address...