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...France's Lady of the Left Ségolène Royal has succeeded by presenting herself as the image of honorable French womanhood and employing the politics of charm [Oct. 9]. She is adept at handling policy issues pragmatically rather than ideologically. Since her partner, Socialist Party secretary François Hollande, has also been touted as a potential presidential candidate, there is an across-the-water parallel. Like Hillary and Bill Clinton in the U.S., this may be another welcome case of getting two for the price of one. Martin L. Grey High Wycombe, England...
...pearls. INSPIRED BY INNER COMPLEXITY: Since its opening nearly three years ago, this brainchild of two Parsons School of Design graduates, tel: (66-2) 258 4488, has become a standby of local socialites and celebrities. That's partly due to the collaborative relationships that Nuttawat Suthapong and design partner Issariya Virajsilp maintain with clients. Says Nuttawat: "If you're a customer, I'll sit down with you and have a chitchat to find out your personality, because you're representing yourself through fashion." The general look is frilly, fun and at times suggestive of Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, both...
...Jersey decision has moments of ringing clarity. It enumerates specific ways in which gay couples suffer when they can?t marry, even gay couples in a state like New Jersey that protects gay individuals from discrimination. For instance, the court noted that if a lesbian dies, her partner doesn?t currently have access to survivor benefits under the state Workers? Compensation Act. She can?t get the back wages owed to her deceased girlfriend. She can?t get the compensation available to spouses and other relatives of homicide victims. Gay parents in New Jersey can go through the long, expensive...
...does. Actually, I have a bit of sympathy for the court on what to call gay relationships. I was never certain what to call my boyfriend of eight years - ick, ?boyfriend.? I?m 35, not 15. But ?partner? sounds clinical, ?lover? sounds too ?70s and ?longtime companion? sounds pathetic, evoking two old queens in cardigans watching Bette Davis movies...
...Nothing else sounds right because we already have a terminology for our better halves - spouses, husbands, wives. But because Michael and I couldn?t marry, calling him my ?spouse? was a lie. So I always introduced him as my ?partner? and put my hand around his waist, to show we didn?t just run a pet store or a restaurant or a Hollywood studio together. I also showed pictures of our two beautiful cats (wait a second, do we sound like ?longtime companions...