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...since the beginning of the year, he said, "and the new members are 15 years younger on average than the old ones." That isn't politics; that's evidence of fandom. "What's interesting about Ségolène to many of us is that she's a modern woman who has kept a lot of traditional attributes," says Eliane Obis, a teacher and deputy mayor in the Toulouse suburb of Montrabe. "She's not a woman who seems to be a man." Catherine Le Guen, a marketing executive from Bordeaux who just joined the Socialist Party, says...
...from going the Mount Vernon route. Government funding for arts institutions has dried up, and a migration in philanthropy from historic preservation to social causes is leaving museums behind. Colonial Williamsburg was born as a historical site in 1926 with funding from John D. Rockefeller Jr. But when a modern Rockefeller equivalent, Warren Buffett, recently made his big gift, it was to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's disease hunters, not to museums...
...seem like an ideal travel companion. Stylish, graceful and conjuring up a more refined era of globe-trotting, a 1920s leather case is guaranteed to turn heads at the airport. Unfortunately, [an error occurred while processing this directive] though, these glamorous artifacts weren't designed for the trials of modern travel. After being tossed around by baggage handlers and bashed up in the luggage hold, your beautiful case could well end up a sad sack. But it is possible to indulge in nostalgia without your clothes ending up scattered across the carousel. In October, Leicester, England-based Uppercase will launch...
...Hizballah government, a Hamas government, Syria and Iran. Radical Muslims will have achieved just what they have wanted: the eradication of Israel by electoral methods. Couldn't Bush's and Blair's advisers have seen coming the Islamic takeover of the Middle East? Ted Coote Boksburg, South Africa A Modern-Day Marco Polo While on holiday exploring Turkey, I happened to have with me a copy of the double issue East Meets West [Aug. 7-14]. I read with complete fascination article after article from your gifted journalists retracing Marco Polo's steps. The fact that I was reading this...
...Other wildlife conservation groups and experts were quick to pay tribute to Irwin. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hailed him as a "modern-day Noah." Said RSPCA Queensland chief executive Mark Townend: "His loss will be felt by animal lovers not just in Australia, but all over the world." Queensland Museum director Dr. Ian Galloway described Irwin as "a dedicated naturalist who was actively committed to highlighting the plight of threatened species, and championing the cause of conservation. Steve Irwin was a special person whose energy and enthusiasm encouraged a whole new audience to better...