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Fresh snow has fallen on the alps, lending Europe's ski season a crisp sense of possibility. If it's time for a similar renewal of your ski gear, here are some options...
...story he told police, Nava, an officer of the Anscombe Society, a prominent conservative social values advocacy group on campus, had been on his way to see a local high school student he mentors when two men, both towering above six feet and dressed in black clothes and ski caps, grabbed him from behind. Holding him against a wall, Nava said, they hit his head repeatedly against the bricks. "Eventually I just blacked out," Nava told the Daily Princetonian. The only catch? The whole story was a hoax...
...course. Detractors accuse the openly leftist mayor of spending public money to provide circuses for poor Mexicans in exchange for their votes. Ebrard is having none of it, retorting that such criticism comes from the rich élite who can afford to take vacations on the beach or at ski resorts. The mayor is laying on recreation for the city's millions of have-nots who can barely afford to feed their families, let alone take a holiday. "The ice rink has been an incredible success," the mayor said recently. "Look how many people have come." He has promised...
...cheering, of course. Detractors accuse the leftist mayor of spending public money to provide circuses for poor Mexicans in exchange for their votes. Ebrard is having none of it, retorting that such criticisms come from the rich elite that can afford to take vacations on the beach or at ski resorts. The mayor is laying on recreation for the city's millions of have-nots, who can barely afford to feed their families let alone take a holiday in the sun or snow...
...Ski season begins...