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...rest of the finalists—who had written on topics including terrorism, defects in Florida’s voting system and ties between the chocolate industry and modern-day slavery—were supposed to have their moment yesterday...
...Presqu'île is Lyons' modern-day business and commercial center, with crowded streets of chic boutiques, antique shops, cafés and restaurants, punctuated by stately public squares - the monumental fountain on the Place des Terreaux is by Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. Traboule down from Croix-Rousse to one of the city's bouchons, simple bistros named after the straw plugs once used as bottle-stoppers. For a taste of the local gastronomic specialty of cervelles de canut (literally, silk-worker's brains) - fresh white cheese mixed with...
...original Mormon pioneers came to Utah under duress--their founder, Joseph Smith, was murdered in Illinois in 1844, and his followers fled westward to escape persecution. Modern-day non-Mormon settlers will come only because they want to, and the state's leaders know that. So, as if by rote, they recite the advantages of living in Utah: low crime, great mountains, those five national parks, a tech-savvy population with the nation's highest per capita ownership of computers, and 45-min. access to world-class ski resorts from the center of Salt Lake. Yet the image of Paradise...
...original Mormon pioneers came to Utah under duress-their founder, Joseph Smith, was murdered in Illinois in 1844, and his followers fled westward to escape persecution. Modern-day non-Mormon settlers will come only because they want to, and the state's leaders know that. So, as if by rote, they recite the advantages of living in Utah: low crime, great mountains, those five national parks, a tech-savvy population with the nation's highest per capita ownership of computers, and 45-min. access to world-class ski resorts from the center of Salt Lake. Yet the image of Paradise...
...Rudy Giuliani's performance elicited enthusiasm extending far beyond New York's borders from readers who saw "a modern-day Churchill" ; "a true leader. Calm, cool, and collected" who "soothed the country when we needed it most." Once wary of Rudy's town, Americans "all became New Yorkers that day. He was our mayor." Several opined that "he even outshone our president in that he put his personal safety aside and jumped right in." A number of you recalled the mayor's personal setbacks prior to the event ("Enduring personal disgrace, prostate cancer, a terrorist attack of catastrophic proportion...