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...Sarkozy for Balladur, and wants to block his career." Chirac, 72, has not said whether he will seek a third term in 2007, but a clash with Sarkozy seems inevitable. By April 2002, Chirac was having some of his own popularity issues, and Sarkozy had restored enough of his luster for a return to government. But he brought more than just new energy and unbridled ambition to the Interior Ministry; he brought his wife, Cécilia, who is a key adviser. In a nation where political wives are rarely public figures, Madame Sarkozy's presence raised eyebrows...
...back page, once occupied by a Stewart essay, is now home to the "Cookie of the Month." Stewart vows to return, assuring supporters, "I'll be back ... I'm used to all kinds of hard work." But biscuits and bravado might not be enough to restore the luster of her tattered brand...
...Yukos affair has sparked questions in the West about Russia's commitment to a market economy, not to mention other basic tenets of capitalism, like property rights. But the crisis is also coming to a head at a time when the Russian miracle is beginning to lose its luster. At home, even some officials are questioning the realism of the Kremlin's plans to double gdp by 2010. Runs on two banks last week - unrelated to the Yukos affair but worrisome nonetheless - have focused attention on the Putin administration's failure to push through structural reform. Still, adds the World...
...ruled under martial law, resplendent in an aquamarine dress, Imelda Marcos explains how she has managed to survive her many ordeals. "Thank God I never lost that childlike innocence and the purity of vision and naivet?," she says. As she smiles, her cheeks, smoothed and buffed to an eerie luster, become even more impossibly taut. "That childlike innocence was most useful, because if I was a bit wiser, I wouldn't have been able to do anything, perhaps. So I'm glad I was not smart...
...change their pet's diet - from canned and dry food to such items as raw chicken carcases, kangaroo tails and whole rabbits. Within weeks, he says, the clients were reporting that "these near dead things had become sprightly again. They were gaining weight and their coats were developing a luster. All those non-specific ailments that we'd previously been puzzling over were disappearing. Animals no longer needed their arthritis pills, their corticosteroids for skin disorders, their flea treatments. We were destroying our client base. All the animals were getting better...