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...trying to undo a form of mutilation imposed on them by nature. The extraordinary thing about their request was that it was so utterly ordinary. They were asking for nothing special, nothing superhuman, nothing radically enhancing of human nature. They were only seeking to satisfy the most simple and pedestrian of desires: to live as single human beings...
...Germans are "pretty, sexy and charming." No insults there, then. The kerfuffle leaves Schröder trying to make the best of what sounds like a summer booby prize: two weeks in his native Hanover, famous for its charmlessness. There he can stroll lazily through the world's largest pedestrian zone, visit the zoo with his stepdaughter, Klara, and maybe swim a bit along the 300-m beach of the Maschsee, an artificial lake completed in 1936 as part of the Nazis' efforts to put the unemployed to work. The closest he'll get to his beloved Italian food could...
...Angeles, though, going to Starbucks is decidedly pedestrian. Although plenty of tourists stop there en route from Hollywood Boulevard to Universal Studios, it is not for Angelenos. Instead, L.A.’s coffee cognoscenti head to the Mecca of Mocha: the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. There are 104 branches of the Coffee Bean in Southern California, and, apart from a handful in Arizona and Nevada, not a single branch exists elsewhere in the country...
...some 20,000 troops slated to be sent - in small contingents, mostly at U.S. expense - from those NATO countries that supported the war. But the number that actually arrive in Iraq may shrink somewhat if it turns out they're headed into a counterinsurgency mission rather than a more pedestrian peacekeeping affair. This week's British casualties, in what had ostensibly been the most tranquil part of Iraq, won't help Washington's recruitment efforts. Britain's own force levels in Iraq had been reduced from 45,000 during the war to around 15,000, although following the latest incident...
...premium priced ($40,795 as tested), but it takes Volvo's reputation for safety another step, offering such features as electronic roll-stability control and side-curtain air bags that protect passengers the full length of the vehicle. (The front end was even designed to reduce injuries to a pedestrian struck by the car.) The brakes feel just as crisp and effective as those found on Volvo's sedans. And the turbocharged five-cylinder engine puts out 208 h.p., giving ample kick for any family outing but scoring a thrifty 24 m.p.g. on the highway. --By Joseph R. Szczesny/Detroit