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...Lyon, Lille, Rennes, and Montpellier, taking 49.5% of the nation's popular vote versus 47.5% for the right. Sarkozy's governing conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) averted near total collapse by narrowly hanging on to Marseille, and standing firm in bastions like Nice, Orleans, Le Havre, and Bordeaux...
...French conservatives did score some significant victories in the initial round of voting: Former Prime Minister Alain Jupp?, for example, won the mayor's job in Bordeaux, just nine months after he suffered a stunning upset for the city's parliamentary seat - a loss that made him ineligible to serve in the national government. Fifteen of the 22 members of Fillon's cabinet of 33 who were on Sunday's municipal ballots either won first-round victories, or were in strong positions for the runoff. Still, the left appears to have done well by trading on the increasing unpopularity...
...condensing the change in light into three and a half minutes, Claerbout superimposed it on the photo. The viewer sees time stand still for the doomed plane while days pass within minutes, prolonging the inevitable crash. Arguably, the most ambitious work is 2004’s “Bordeaux Piece.” Claerbout had three actors repeat a ten minute sequence seventy times a day for a number of days, with the only major difference between the sequences being the time of day. He then strung seventy-five of these segments together to create a work that...
...challenge to make the problems of big shots appeal to a mass audience. Some of the stories on Lipstick and Cashmere are universal: both have had plots about juggling work with a son's birthday party. Others are less so: What to do when your nanny raids the good Bordeaux or writes a tell-all roman clef about...
...what people sometimes forget is that in New York, culture isn't just a lure to bring in the real producers of wealth. It's a giant moneymaking enterprise in itself, one of the biggest employers in the city. What software is to Silicon Valley, what vineyards are to Bordeaux, the arts are to New York: a mighty generator, even if not the largest one, of commerce...