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...reason, it occurs to me, is simple and yet profound: America lacks charm. My sister-in-law, a single French welfare mother who lives in a beautiful Proven?al village with four boys between four and 18, all at home, seems to me, despite her difficulties, to have more charm in her life-the daily trips to the boulangerie and weekly ones to the market, the occasional glass of vin rouge with some fresh p?t?, the tiled roofs and stone walls of the village itself-than many a millionaire in my great home state of Texas. (Quelle horreur...
While it may lack originality, it has already proven surprisingly durable. Having first surfaced in Tokyo discos in the early 1990s, parapara caught fire again in 1999, when pop idol Takuya Kimura of SMAP went on television and flashed some karate-chop like moves. For dance club wallflowers, uncomfortable with the demands of hip-hop, parapara was a godsend. The steps are simple. You don't have to ask anyone to dance. Everyone's doing the same thing and no one stands out?except those who haven't done their homework...
...there proven ways of reducing the risk of ovarian cancer...
...Toniolo: Ovarian cancer tends to occur in middle and old age. But risk factors, like menstrual cycles or endometriosis, occur when women are younger. And as far as diagnosis goes, there are some blood tests that look promising but aren't completely proven as a screening tool. An average woman [with no enhanced risk factors, like a family history of ovarian cancer] should talk to her doctor to assess her risk...
Well, Buffett was proven right to the tune of billions of dollars. Even if you've got just a few hundred dollars to invest, now is by all means the time to emulate him. Whether you want to buy individual stocks or park your money in a mutual fund, so much of the stock market (especially technology companies) has been beaten down so much that there's only upside left, at least in the long term. When the market overreacts by punishing great companies like Cisco or Yahoo as much as it has hurt companies that should never have existed...