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...professional movie-lovers - directors, actors, producers, publicists and that lowest form of film careerists, critics - Cannes is a benign and abiding addiction. Each May we come to this Riviera resort as pilgrims to the shrine of cinema. Heroically shunning the piercing blues of the Mediterranean skies, we see four or five dozen films from two or three dozen countries. At the start of each screening, we hope for epiphanies; at the closing credits, usually, we shuffle out hoping the next film will be better. But quality is not mandatory here. Each movie, good or bad, is another volume...
...salary in fiscal year 2006, his last year in office. With expense-account payments, allowances, and benefits, Summers’ compensation summed to $714,005, according to filings released yesterday.Summers’ 2006 salary rose 3.1 percent from the previous year. His 2005 compensation was the second-lowest among Ivy League presidents, according to a database maintained by the Chronicle of Higher Education.The $1 million loan to Summers came last June, when he and his wife, Professor of English Elisa New, purchased a 16-room colonial house in the Brookline suburb. Summers and New paid $2.53 million...
...brash space pioneer. The only one to fly in all three of NASA's first space programs, the garrulous, coolly competent perfectionist had a blast, smuggling a corned-beef sandwich aboard the Mercury, joking to reporters about his thoughts before a launch ("This was all put together by the lowest bidder") and cheering Americans with intra-capsule antics covered on TV. Yet he was the go-to guy for such delicate assignments as Gemini 6A--in which he made a critical snap call to stay aboard after an initial malfunction on the first launch attempt, and went on to outshine...
...terms of national healthcare, atomic energy, and welfare benefits since the heyday of Charles de Gaulle, this model is seriously outdated in the age of globalization and in the context of France’s (and Europe’s) demographic decline. France has stagnated: It has the second-lowest growth rate in the European Union (EU), one of the world’s most regulated job markets, spiraling government debt, and a work week that has been limited to 35 hours since...
...Arab world has done very well in spending a lot, investing a lot in getting women into schools and universities,” the queen said. “But when it comes to the workforce, we have one of the lowest rates of female participation.” She said the key to bridging the gap between education and employment is “not just about changing policies, it’s about changing mindsets.” “Changing mindsets takes a little bit longer,” she said. “A ship...