Word: merlis
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...stood to gain economically from accession. Ironically, the failed adultery amendment was part of a reform package that has boosted women's rights, recognizing them as joint heads of households and splitting couples' assets equally after a divorce. Even Nebahat Akkoc, head of the leading women's center Ka-Mer (and a TIME European Hero in 2003), is impressed: "I spent my life fighting for these laws and suddenly they are on the books." She adds, however, that changing the law is not enough: they must now be implemented. The changes are most pronounced in the troubled southeast. Kurds...
...Creme de la Mer...
Luxury quotient: The company has become the LVMH of beauty in recent years--acquiring 13 brands, from MAC to La Mer. But its original five still make up the lion's share of sales. "We are brand builders," says Lauder. And he is just getting started. He aims to double the size of the company in five to 10 years...
...billion merger between drug firms Sanofi-Synthélabo and Aventis could end up backfiring. Hostile takeovers are rare and frowned upon in France, so Sanofi CEO Jean-François Dehecq's unsolicited offer for Franco-German Aventis last week raised eyebrows. Except in government: Finance Minister Francis Mer openly endorses the takeover, while a source close to the deal says President Jacques Chirac, an old friend of Dehecq's, personally called Liliane Bettencourt, the biggest shareholder in L'Oréal - which in turn owns a big stake in Sanofi - to win her support for the bid. Neither...
...Cultural Capital, Lille hopes to attract travelers from farther afield, to the city and its cross-border hinterland: the 2004 program includes festivities in Dunkerque, Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer on the French coast, and in Courtrai, Mons and Tournai in Belgium. For more information go to www.lille2004.com