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...different as Laurel and Hardy. Conservative Philippe Séguin, 57, is corpulent and earthy, with a resonant bass voice and an addiction to unfiltered Gitanes. Socialist Bertrand Delanoë, 50, an avowed homosexual, is soft-spoken and ascetic-looking with a gift for irony and a penchant for slim cigarillos. Séguin, a former Minister of Labor and ex-president of the National Assembly, is a man of national ambitions who dreams of occupying the Elysée Palace. Delanoë, apart from one term in Parliament, has spent his entire political career as a party activist...
...four others. But that's not enough, Hyman insists. "They have got to drive more volume through the business, and that means many more stores." Expansion could be hampered, though, by zoning restrictions that limit store sizes in both Germany and Britain. Acquisitions are a possibility, but pickings are slim. In Germany many rival chains are owned by families that are in no mood to sell. Potential tie-ups in Britain may not pass muster with regulators...
...conversation is hit-and-miss. We get off to a bad start. I ask her name. "Balia," she replies. Her son's name? "Balia." And her husband's? "Balia." He is apparently somewhere in the rann foraging for food while she seeks charity by the highway. The pickings are slim. In 15 days, she has scored two olive-green blankets and a small bag of rice and lentils from a passing aid convoy. Her husband has come up with some onions. I offer to drive the family to a relief camp near town, where they would get food and shelter...
...stresses that humans have already changed the climate significantly and prospects for reducing or reversing human impact on the climate are slim...
...Crimson has done its best in meets when it gets the ball rolling early. If Brown and Princeton start out swimming faster and diving better, there is a slim chance the Crimson will recover...