Word: sidewalkers
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...highlight what they call the President's reformist hypocrisy: clarifying and normalizing governmental pay scales by lifting them, while harmonizing public and private sector pension plans by scaling those downward. "There's a feeling the political class is helping itself while the French people are left on the sidewalk to fend for themselves," lamented Socialist legislator Arnaud Montebourg...
...dozen men and women came tumbling out of two large, metallic-white buses that pulled up beside the French Navy's headquarters on the Place de la Concorde in central Paris. First out onto the sidewalk was a white-haired gentleman with several folders tucked under his arm. He was followed by 11 slightly disoriented people whose appearance of confusion increased as they became surrounded by scores of onlookers appearing out of nowhere. A burly woman with a bright orange "police" armband then began barking "You can't stay here!" at the gawkers, while impressive-looking male colleagues formed...
...music on his acoustic guitar in front of Au Bon Pain. He is typically there four days a week, but occasionally loses his spot to another performer who plays Beatles covers.While arguments between performers are rare, it can be difficult to be left with a low-traffic piece of sidewalk, and performers will arrive earlier to get their position of choice, or instead go elsewhere.According to these performers, there was a time when the area surrounding Harvard was the place to be for the young and hip, and, therefore, for street musicians. For these people, the present-day Harvard Square...
...night, the streets of Phnom Penh reveal the country's vast wealth gap. In front of shopping centers selling luxury cosmetics, whole families sleep on patches of sidewalk; beggars missing limbs, a legacy of civil war, crowd outside upscale restaurants where a tiny élite downs French entrées and chic cocktails. But many average Cambodians hope this poverty will vanish, thanks to an apparent miracle: the country has discovered oil. Off Cambodia's southern coast, explorers have found as much as 500 million barrels, potentially providing over $1 billion annually to the country...
...walk of shame) just got a whole lot easier. Instead of spending an hour talking to your favorite Father, now you can find Jesus while hustling down Massachusetts Avenue in last night’s toga. The potential absolver of sins is street-artist Hani Shihada, who created a sidewalk mural depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary in front of the Harvard Book Store. Megan E. Carey ’08, in a slightly less shameful situation than a Sunday morning homecoming, stopped to watch him work. “The image itself is powerful, and very well done...