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...Vamp/human affairs became a hot topic of discussion at the True Blood panel. "Apparently sex with vampires is really kind of great," said Ball, the creator of Six Feet Under and writer of American Beauty. "Think about it - if you had 100-200 years to learn how please your partner and you had the body of a 25-year-old, you'd be something of a catch...
That was likely to have been the most sensitive topic. Several weeks ago, it was reported that some senior European leaders were unhappy with Obama's proposal for the U.S. to talk directly with high-level Iranians. The fear on this side of the Atlantic is that such a move would short-circuit the three-year-old European-led effort to persuade the Iranians to give up their nuclear ambitions in exchange for political and economic benefits. More recently, however, there have been signals from some Europeans that they are satisfied that Obama would not begin any negotiations that would...
...even though Bruni's singing career was well established prior to her whirlwind romance and marriage to Sarkozy last February, her pursuit of it as a President's wife is a major topic of debate. Elysee officials have made no secret that they believe the "Carla Factor" helped Sarkozy bounce back from slumping approval ratings this spring. And with Sarkozy's popularity back under 30% in recent polls, op-ed columns have been abuzz with complaint that Bruni's renewed media presence tied to her CD is being exploited by the Elysee in the hopes of producing another lift...
Schiebinger was paired with Fleming because she was initially planning to write on European intellectual history but changed her topic during her time as a Fulbright scholar in Berlin...
...courteous, gracious, and friendly, but when I changed to a topic on women and gender, he was not completely helpful," Schiebinger said. "I would say I succeeded despite Fleming not because...