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...Pride rally, but the current government has no plans to introduce gay marriage or adoption rights. Which is not to say that French families are mired in tradition. There has been a decrease in marriage of 30% since 1970. In the same period, divorces have risen from 12 per 100 marriages in 1970 to 44.9 per 100 now. Almost half of all French births last year were out of wedlock. Yet there are signs that the French are placing an ever greater value on family life. Research done by French sociologist Christine Castelain Meunier has shown that fathers...
With its assortments of all-but-forgotten childhood treats from the 1950s and '60s like pumpkin seeds, licorice pipes, candy necklaces, Necco Wafers and Boston Baked Beans, Groovy Candies is one of several nostalgia candy sellers that are unabashedly hawking such Proustian moments. Sales are booming: Groovy Candies' have risen from $50,000 to $3 million since the company was started in 1998. And it's not just candy. With the power of the Internet, other purveyors of childhood memories are resurrecting '50s-era toys and games, including wooden alphabet blocks with old-fashioned lettering and Fisher-Price Snoopy pull...
...improved the economy. He campaigned on a platform of creating new jobs, lowering prices and fighting corruption, but his government seems unable to fix any of those things. Although Iran's exports have benefited from the high price of oil, the costs of housing and many basic commodities have risen noticeably since the president's election. Ahmadinejad has also unnerved young Iranians by reviving some social restrictions and imposing a more Islamic atmosphere on university campuses. In recent months, the government has shut down two publications, sporadically raided illegal satellite-TV dishes and promoted measures to enforce more conservative forms...
...This issue is not black-and-white. David Whiteman, a Queensland Institute of Medical Research cancer epidemiologist, is in Seattle studying risk factors for a rare type of esophageal cancer whose incidence has risen in Australia recently. His conclusion-not yet reviewed by peers-is that "obese people have consistently raised risks of esophageal adenocarcinoma and that this risk is apparent even for modestly overweight people." On the more general issue of the risks of rising BMI, Whiteman says: "A few extra pounds is probably not going to hurt people and may even be advantageous to long-term survival...
...skinny read blends top headline coverage with entertainment news and reviews, gossip and sport. Concerns about cannibalizing the Standard aside, it's easy to understand Associated's gambit. While the circulation of national morning newspapers has dipped 2.3% since February, distribution of Metro, Associated's morning London giveaway, has risen almost 10% to 549,000 copies a day. "We're keen to attract the urbanite audience on their way home," says Steve Auckland, head of Associated Newspapers' Free Newspaper Division. So, too, is Rupert Murdoch. His News Corp. already publishes the storied Times and tabloid Sun newspapers, but this week...