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France thus is approaching 10% Muslim. But things do not stand still. Even if there were no further immigration, which is a pipe dream, birth rates alone will soon drastically alter the balance. Muslims have the highest birth rate--three times the rate of non-Muslims--of any demographic group in Europe. The most common name for a newborn in neighboring Brussels is Mohammed. Childbearing rates among non-Muslim Frenchmen are well below replacement levels. The old French, like the rest of Europe, are literally disappearing...
...Amsterdam around 1300, he eventually became a supplier of goodies to kids, as shown in the 1907 postcard at left. And it was Dutch pilgrims who took him to America, where, in 19th century New York City, frothy writers and advertisers turned the austere bishop into the fat, jolly, pipe-smoking Santa Claus. Believe in him or not, Santa has more than earned his place in Yuletide history...
...Amsterdam around 1300, he eventually became a supplier of goodies to kids, as shown in the 1907 postcard at left. And it was Dutch pilgrims who took him to America, where, in 19th century New York City, frothy writers and advertisers turned the austere bishop into the fat, jolly, pipe-smoking Santa Claus. Believe in him or not, Santa has more than earned his place in Yuletide history...
Privacy is a pipe dream at Harvard: we live in exceptionally close and crowded quarters, often separated by paper-thin walls, fire doors, and flimsy partitions. But the fire door arrangement is particularly precarious because one push can open up an entirely different world, and even modulated voices can offer a constant soundtrack...
...Turn My Camera On,” as well as some of the most profoundly consistent albums of this century, return to Boston with opener Mary Timony. Avalon Ballroom, 15 Landsdowne St., Boston. 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. $18.25. (BBC)Midday Organ Recital. Whether you like pipe organs or just want to listen to relaxing melodies over lunch, check out Nancy Granert, organist at the Midday Organ Recital presented by the Harvard Organ Society. Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St.. 12:15 p.m. Free. (TMN)The Colored Museum. BlackCAST, the black community and student theater group...