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Shopping for that cozy central Paris pied-à-terre? Consider the ad in the daily Le Monde: 18th-century townhouse, 4,137 sq m of floor space, huge courtyard, lush 2,400-sq-m garden - all tucked away in the city's ritzy seventh arrondissement. A perfect nest for your (very extended) family. Who'd part with such a jewel? The divestment-minded French state, that's who. "This is part of a major process to renew and rationalize France's real estate holdings," says an adviser to Reform and Budget Minister Jean-François Copé. Since June...
...Arizona Cardinals are in the midst of the longest play-off dry spell in the league. The Cardinals have also set the records for the lowest attendance and revenues in the NFL. Now the Bidwill family, which has owned the team since 1933, is predicting that its swanky new nest in Glendale will help resurrect the much maligned team...
...girls overall, thanks largely to boys' 536 average on the math section, compared with girls' 502. But boys now lead on the reading section by just 3 points, 505 to 502; the gap was 8 points last year. What changed? The new test has no analogies ("bird is to nest" as "dog is to doghouse"), and boys usually clobbered girls on analogies...
...girls overall, thanks largely to boys? 536 average on the math section, compared with girls? 502. But boys now lead on the reading section by just three points, 505 to 502; that gap was eight points last year. What changed? The new test has no analogies (?bird is to nest? as ?dog is to doghouse?), and boys usually clobbered girls on analogies...
...creations of Hollywood, a person who enforces the rules is often the villain. Think of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, or Dean Wormer in Animal House. But in real life, enforcing the rules is actually necessary. So is resisting peer pressure, and learning to speak up in the moment. In real life, you might even have to introduce yourself in person, without first breaking the ice by sending a "MySpace Friend Request...