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...Tehran, a land where political expression can be lethal and thrills hard to come by, dangerous pastimes have a special appeal. Young people are constantly drawn to activities that are extraordinarily outrageous--and very now. When we tired of the bar on wheels, we stopped at a pomegranate-juice stand that stays open until 4 a.m. for anyone who needs a late fix. "Sorbet? Juice? Something else?" asked the juiceman, arching a brow. Ecstasy, the leisure drug of elite Iranians, used to be smuggled into Iran from Europe. Now garage chemists produce the tablets locally, and a hit costs about...
...prematurely graying hair, the 28-year-old Delerm prefers casual clothes and tennis shoes, and professes to have neither a computer nor an e-mail address. Though he doesn't dress the part, Delerm can still pull in the crowds. Last month, he played a sold-out five-night stand at the famed Olympia concert hall in Paris - the ultimate badge of success in France, equivalent, in stature if not capacity, to headlining at Madison Square Garden or Wembley Stadium. He embarks on a national tour on June 28. What's the attraction? The young singer-songwriter is reviving...
...office. Russian President Vladimir Putin "works too hard," she said, adding that his long hours make him forget that "one needs not only to work but also to live." Judging by the recent chorus of complaints from leading ladies, there's more than one international leader who could stand to spend more time on his domestic agenda. Cherie Blair raised a few eyebrows with a tabloid interview in which she revealed that the British Prime Minister, with whom she just celebrated her silver wedding anniversary, is "not one for flowers." Moreover, she said his fidelity was assured...
...while on the bike," she says. "I've had vitamins in my hand and had them all turn into squirming bugs. In New Zealand one time, we were walking through a marsh in the middle of the night, and I saw a Vietnamese woman selling fruit at a little stand. I asked a teammate for some money to buy mangoes as I started to change course and walk toward the stand. My teammate just grabbed my arm and pulled me back. There was no Vietnamese woman and no fruit stand...
...important, I think, for this institution to stand up for its rights...