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...receives its contracts. But it is vital that NGOs be allowed to retain their independence. An unswerving commitment to their causes often demands that NGOs offer a critical perspective on government policy. But the Bush administration would rather co-opt these groups or, failing that, prosecute them a la Greenpeace...
...addition, Delanoë hopes that the easing of restrictions will give a boost to business in the city. Paris lost some 200,000 jobs over the 1990s, mostly to complexes around the periphery such as La Défense to the west. Recently, bank Crédit Foncier de France and insurance giants Aviva and Generali have moved operations - and jobs - from central Paris to the suburbs. Big projects won't happen in the historic heart of Paris, but rather at the edges: the old industrial quarter along the Seine in the 13th is already under development, and other sites...
...several medications on the market that limit the body's ability to digest fat, Xenical (also called orlistat) was approved for adults in 1999. In fact, it was the FDA that originally encouraged Xenical's manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche, to study its effectiveness in the pediatric population. The company selected 357 obese kids ages 12 to 16 and put them on both Xenical and a low-fat diet. As a control, 182 equally overweight teens were put on the same diet and a placebo. At the end of the study, the Xenical children had lower body-mass indexes than...
...summer. His Nutcracker tours Japan and Korea in the spring, and maybe the U.S. later in the year. There are plans for his searing Swan Lake to visit Paris and tour the U.K. and U.S. in late 2004. Bourne also plans to revive Highland Fling (à La Sylphide retread, with a Scottish welder seduced by a vampire) and, in 2005, choreograph a dance version of the Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands. Oh, and did we mention that he's slated to co-direct (with Richard Eyre) and choreograph the much-hyped Disney?Cameron Mackintosh stage show of Mary Poppins...
michele crosera/reuters Craftsmen put the finishing touches on La Fenice (the Phoenix), the legendary theater in Venice that has been reborn, nearly eight years after it burned down. Painted angels once again hover among the five tiers of boxes, and 300,000 sheets of gold leaf gild the carved-wood and papier-mâché decor. The old bird's new feathers will be shown off this week with a festival featuring concerts by Elton John and the Vienna Philharmonic. Bravo...