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...perhaps. But one look at the countless smokers bundled up outside offices in Paris suggests that the transgressors are still a relatively rare exception to the rule. If smokers become bolder about lighting up indoors, however, non-smokers may begin demanding greater action from authorities. Even Parola acknowledges that second-hand smoke levels have vastly improved since the ban went into effect, saying his group's current campaign is only aimed at improving enforcement enough to prevent a gradual return to 2006 habits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking Ban? The French Light Up Again in Public | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...interviews, no article. And no chance to get a closer look at what students this ambitious were actually like...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

...going to say that he was planning to reach a certain political office in a certain number of years. He said he had no definite plans for post graduation, and he thought it was stupid for college students to make grand predictions about their political futures. It made them look like tools, he said. He didn't want to come off as a tool...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

...English grandmaster Nigel Short says that chess computers, which now regularly beat the top human players, are taking away some of the mystery of the game. He likens them to "chainsaws chopping down the Amazon." What do you make of that? I can see his point. Any amateur can look at top-level games, and instead of appreciating the mystery behind the moves they will simply look at the evaluation of the computer. I'm not afraid the computer will find all the ideas and leave no room for imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

...lack of archaeologists at many sites has led militants and vandals to close in. Kashmir Smast, about 70 miles northwest of Islamabad, is a Hindu site, not Buddhist, and thus unusual for the area. "But there's no preservation, no one to look after the site," says Dr. Nasim Khan, professor of archaeology at the University of Peshawar. "The local people are damaging the site because of illegal diggings." In Swat, the Taliban have long attempted to destroy the Buddhist heritage of the region. In October 2007, as militants cemented their hold on the former tourist area, the Taliban dynamited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Turmoil Endangers Its Archaeological Treasures | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

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