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Spring may be a while off yet, but don't tell that to Harvard students. Now that we've come back from our exotic intersession destinations, tanned or sporting chic new Parisian outfits, we're ready to hit the dating scene. Without homework or exams to interfere with our morning dressing routine, we actually have time to put on a little make-up or experiment with our 'do. Add this to the fact that we're actually well-rested and awake before noon, and you have a recipe for love potion course catalogue number...
...bottle caps and empty liquor bottles. The designer said he drew inspiration from the tramp balls aristocrats threw in the 1920s as well as the homeless he sees each morning during his runs along the Seine. Most fashion critics praised the collection. It must offer great comfort to the Parisian indigent to know they're the height of chic...
...reporter's notebook was the tip-off--it was clear why I was drawing blanks. He looked nothing like the old photo I had dug up. He had abandoned his Internet-guru getup--the gawky glasses, the long ponytail--and now looked like any other well-dressed, thirtysomething Parisian. No car and driver. No p.r. entourage...
...Sure is. Last week model LAETITIA CASTA'S phone rang repeatedly as she sat in the back seat of a Parisian taxicab. The driver, understandably annoyed, doused the official face of France with a wallop of tear gas. It worked...
When it comes to demonstrations, few countries can match France for style or frequency. Piqued farmers fill Parisian streets with fruit and vegetables to protest low prices; striking truckers shut down major highways until their demands for better working conditions are addressed. And last week, another howling, angry mob jammed a cavernous exhibition hall in Paris to vent its outrage over a proposed change in French labor law. Only this time the participants were senior executives and business owners...