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...days before he was due to give a speech at the United Nations, President Bush spoke about Iraq to his opposite numbers in France, China and Russia. The next day Bush was host to British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David before preparing to meet Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on Sept...
...condition of our planet and its rate of decline, but conservationist Jane Goodall, in her piece "The Power of One," balanced her concerns with optimism and the idea that we can each make a difference. In my little way (biking to work, recycling more, consuming less), I will try. JEAN COCKBURN Issaquah, Wash...
...rental car--from many major cities. The same trip a month ago would have cost almost twice that. What's there to do? Pretend you're in Paris! Cruise along the river, stroll the old city, practice French and visit exhibitions of late great national painters (in this case, Jean-Paul Riopelle). For that bistro experience try L'Express. Or go fancier with Toque!'s cold cod soup and leg of lamb...
...movies last year (a jump of 20%) and sold 76 million tickets. Though a number of European countries - Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain - actually print more books, publishing in France still enjoys a mystique rivaling that of cinema. Authors like Bernard-Henri Lévy and 2001 Goncourt prizewinner Jean-Christophe Rufin are megacelebrities, and book-themed talk shows are standard TV fare. Notes Pierre Assouline, editor of Lire magazine: "The French have always felt writing was the noblest form of communication, and most honest kind of reflection. To write is to live, but to be published is to exist before...
...their help. As dotcom companies wrote down their assets, went bankrupt or held fire sales, their VC backers found themselves with little to return to their own investors. As many as 80% of Europe's incubators and independent early-stage venture firms are expected to disappear by next year. Jean-Bernard Schmidt, founder of Paris' Sofinnova venture capital firm and chairman-elect of the European Venture Capital Association, points out that since the venture market in Europe is far less mature than in the U.S., the Continent has a far greater share of these young funds in trouble. Meanwhile, captive...