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...ready to drink to the new plan. "The chance that fiddling around with drinking hours is going to make British people into Italians," says Andrew McNeill, director of the protemperance Institute of Alcohol Studies, "is about as likely as my becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury." Allison says vacationing Brits' penchant for getting soused in countries that permit 24-hour tippling should stand as a warning. The law's effects will be limited anyway. In Croydon, although more than 200 bars have applied to stay open later, most want only an hour or two more--which would do little to discourage...
...France's Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy did [Nov. 21]? That should be political suicide, but Sarkozy got away with it. As a French citizen of South Asian origin, I would say that callousness represents the state of affairs in mainstream French society. Unlike the Anglo-Saxons, who have a penchant for politeness, the French have no inhibitions about crudely stating their reaction to events, no matter how offensive their comments might be. Attitude is only one of the problems in France. The country needs to get rid of its outmoded approach to race, immigration and integration. GAUTHAM VENKATA-CHALAM Ottawa...
...scum," as France's Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy did? That should be political suicide, but Sarkozy got away with it. As a French citizen of South Asian origin, I would say that callousness represents the state of affairs in mainstream French society. Unlike the Anglo-Saxons, who have a penchant for politeness and political correctness, the French have no inhibitions about crudely stating their reaction to events. The country needs to get rid of its outmoded approach to race, immigration and integration. Gautham Venkata-Chalam Ottawa It is an illusion to believe the generous social-welfare benefits France offers...
...number is far above 100. "I don't keep statistics," says the former journalist, 27. But she isn't averse to kissing and telling. For the past couple of years, Li has kept a blog--written under the pen name Muzi Mei--that has chronicled everything from her penchant for orgies and Internet dating to her skepticism toward marriage when it means staying faithful to one man. This fall the Beijing resident posted a recording of her own lovemaking sounds that would make Paris Hilton blush. More than 50,000 people simultaneously tried to download the 25-minute podcast, crashing...
...uninitiated, or those who are not New England residents, the general characteristics of a Granola person are as follows: “Very Liberal” designations on their facebook.com profiles, a love of international causes of any kind, an irrational hatred of perfectly good pop music, and a penchant for clothes made out of recycled detritus.But, as with any movement, the splinter groups within the Granola faction are endless and rife with variation. I offer the following sub-groupings of our neo-hippie brethren, along with corresponding Body Odor Warning Levels (aka BOWLs):The Hiking “Nature...