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...visit to protesting fishermen in Britany, Sarkozy was reduced to furiously babbling as he sought to call a detractor out to insult him face to face. A year later, Sarkozy snarled "get out of here, you poor a - hole" to a man who refused to let the president shake his hand during a book fair appearance. Just hours before the now notorious Wednesday lunch, Sarkozy delivered a monumental verbal lashing to a trio of cabinet members for publicly jockeying for advancement ahead of a shake-up. Astonishingly, that demonstration of presidential butt-kicking was then recounted by the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's Comments on Leaders Draw Shock, Denial | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

Previous studies have shown that external behaviors can be contagious - for instance, seeing another person shake his foot can cause you to shake yours, even if you don't realize you're doing so. Also, test subjects who mentally simulate a person stubbing his toe often grimace and even feel a bit of phantom pain. So do these same principles apply to the act of self-control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recession Psychology: We Will Spend Again | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...self-made millionaire, Ganley plans to field Libertas candidates from all 27 E.U. member states in this June's European parliamentary elections. His party, he says, will bring change to Brussels. "We can really shake things up," he says. "We can send a message to Brussels for democracy, accountability and transparency in European governance." (See pictures of Obama's travels in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How One Man Plans to Sink the European Union | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...Cellini, of Springfield, is accused of trying to shake down the Teachers' Retirement System and other firms for campaign funds for Blagojevich, and also of trying to extort one of the producers of the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby. He has been under indictment since October, the 13th person charged in the ongoing Illinois pay-to-play scandal that prosecutors said traces back to even before Blagojevich became governor. Cellini has denied any wrongdoing. (Read "The Fall of the House of Blagojevich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Blagojevich Pleads Not Guilty, Some Prosecution Moves Are Questioned | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...original version of this article misstated that William Cellini is accused of trying to shake down the Teachers' Retirement System and other firms for $1.5 million in campaign funds for Blagojevich. No specific dollar figure is cited in the indictment against Cellini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Blagojevich Pleads Not Guilty, Some Prosecution Moves Are Questioned | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

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