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...Chirac refused to countenance Bush's proposal of a U.N. resolution allowing the U.S. to attack Iraq if Saddam failed to cooperate fully with weapons inspectors or prove he had no weapons of mass destruction. "In the modern world, the use of force should only be a last resort," Chirac said, wagging a finger at his American counterpart. The French insisted on a two-resolution strategy: if the inspectors found Iraq at fault, then the Security Council would consider war. To Washington's dismay, Chirac had the support of the majority of the 15-member Security Council, including Russia. Despite...
...society is named for Marguerite de la Sablière, a 17th-century patron of La Fontaine, who turned her house into a meeting place for the literati from the court of Louis XIV. Sablière is also, coincidentally, the name of a nudist resort in France. Credit for the obscure name goes to Francophile Eugenia B. Schraa ’04, another founding member, who is also a Crimson editor...
WHERE CUPPAS COME FROM Coffee fiends couldn't concoct a better wake-up call: sip a steaming mug of joe on the balcony of your own villa, overlooking the very bushes that produced the beans. This caffeine dream can become reality at the Losari Coffee Plantation and Resort...
...Sprawling across 20 hectares in the hills above Magelang, the 75-year-old coffee plantation has received a marvelous sprucing up by Gabriella Teggia, one of the founders of the Amandari resort in Bali. Teggia added sunken tubs, facial rubs and comfy antiques?all the frills expected of a luxurious retreat. Yet she avoided altering the rustic allure of life on the former Van ders Wan farm. The original 1828 farmhouse is now a library and a lounge. Guests enter the resort through an 1878 train station, moved from Mayong junction 250 kilometers away...
...plantation produces 20 tons of coffee each year, as well as bananas, peanuts and coconuts. An enormous garden yields herbs and vegetables for the table; practically everything served at the resort is grown here. All the cultivation is organic. Visitors can stroll the fields and watch the production of coffee?following the beans as they are picked, roasted and ground into the powder fancied by Indonesians. Another favorite is local home brew jamu, a fluorescent-hued energy drink that is a national obsession. Losari's version uses a tasty blend of tree sap, honey and fragrant herbs...