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...housing project on his modest earnings as a construction worker - Dati began working at 16, studying at night, and later earned economics and law degrees. As the first person of North-African descent to run a major French Ministry she has proved to be an ambitious fighter. But post-birth, she faced an unenviable decision, says Gwendoline Michaelis, editor in chief of Femme Actuelle's website. "If she had not come back to work, people would say she is a good mother but no good for politics. Now she's seen as not a good...
...historical precedent can justify only so much. Going to D.C. to celebrate the election of a President you believe in? That's fine. Hanging around at his hotel just "to be breathing the same air," as one man told the Washington Post? If you can picture a stalker giving the same quote, maybe it's time to think again...
...have learned from Bush about dealing with the press. During the campaign, Obama, like Bush, exercised tight message control, limited press availability and disregarded old-media courtship rituals. Incoming press secretary Robert Gibbs pointedly told the New York Times Magazine that Obama never sat down with the Washington Post editorial board. "You could go to Cedar Rapids and Waterloo [Iowa] and understand that people aren't reading the Washington Post...
...Lady's style been so intense. Before and since, every First Lady has had her signature look that has influenced the way some women dress--from Nancy Reagan's penchant for electric red to Barbara Bush's triple strand of fake pearls. But Obama brings unique stature to the post. Both professionally and physically--at 5 ft. 11 in. (1.8 m), she is nearly as tall as Barack--she stands not behind her husband but shoulder-to-shoulder with...
...There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir, Harry is expected by the royal family to take the ultimate military risks." - Robert Lacey, royal biographer, Washington Post...