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...recent history of French cinema. Whether it's an intense drama like I've Loved You So Long or a clever thriller like Roman de Gare, there comes a moment when most of the cast settles down to a lovingly appreciated (and photographed) feast - steam rising from the main dishes, tempting odors almost palpable in the theater. Ooh la la has been transformed into a long, envious ooh as we watch the cast dig in. In these films, even quick bites in a café or bistro can sometimes make the moviegoer's mouth water...
...before the event. “Dr. Diggs does have a very well known stance on homosexuality. We informed him of our group’s position, and we said we’d like that to be respected and we would rather that that issue were not a main topic or a topic at all in his conversation...
...year schools across the country. The survey, which is funded by the nonprofit Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, provides hundreds of colleges and universities with some of the most comprehensive data available on how well they're engaging students compared to their peer institutions. The survey's main goal is to help schools figure out how to do a better job of educating college kids. Now, however, more and more school presidents - fed up with what they are feel are arbitrary school rankings - are making the benchmarks public as an alternative resource for college applicants...
...allies getting together this weekend in Washington may well prove them wrong. The leaders of the U.K., France, Russia, China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and 11 other developed and developing economies are meeting in Washington at the invitation of President George W. Bush. And the main thing these so-called G-20 members are likely to achieve is a declaration of continuing support for the international free-market system. (Read "10 Things to Do with Your Money Right...
...Russians, however, now think they may be able to back Obama away from the Bush Administration's commitment to deploy the missile-defense systems to Poland and the Czech Republic. On Wednesday, the three main Russian news agencies quoted an unnamed Kremlin source as rejecting the latest efforts by the Bush Administration to assuage Moscow's fears and suspending talks with Washington on the issue. "We will not give our agreement to these proposals," the source is quoted as saying, "and we will speak to the new Administration...