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...lace for anything from wedding veils to T shirts. Craftsmen in the villages of Palekh, Mstera and Kholui northeast of Moscow have became world-famous for their detailed lacquerwork paintings (www.russian-classics.com). Almost anywhere you'll find a souvenir that's memorable in its own right. And if you still hanker after tat, there's always the airport shop...
...reinforce Hollande's bona fides as leader. With the party's renewed energy has come revived competition for the Socialist candidacy in the 2007 presidential race. Some of Hollande's colleagues in the yes camp - including Strauss-Kahn, former Culture Minister Jack Lang and Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë - hanker after the presidency, too. But Laurent Fabius, a former Prime Minister under François Mitterrand in the mid-'80s, is spearheading the no campaign as part of his own presidential bid. He argues that the constitution favors unfettered free markets at the expense of social policy, public service...
...Tony Blair has always portrayed his Conservative opponents as hopeless Little Englanders who not only oppose the euro but hanker to pull out of the E.U. altogether, deaf not only to British interests but also to the popular will. But now the Tories are starting to hit back with charges that it's Blair who is out of touch and undemocratic. Their weapon: the constitution now emerging from the European Convention. It's still being negotiated, but it's highly likely to boost Brussels' powers at the expense of member countries - a deeply unpopular proposition in the U.K. Unlike...
Enter the Toyota Prius, a revolutionary gas-electric hybrid car, which is causing a flurry of excitement in California. The bubble-shaped auto is a favorite among Silicon Valley execs who hanker after the newest technology, retirees who value its great gas mileage and green-minded folks who champion its super-low emissions. Since last August, San Francisco Toyota has received orders for 200 of the $21,000 vehicles, and dozens of customers are on a three-month waiting list...
Most married women don't go for the flashy gigolos who haunt karaoke parlors in their black-leather togs. They're for the younger girls who hanker to pair up with a bad boy for a night. Instead, rich urban wives want the kind of guy they envision for their daughters: well-mannered, well-groomed, well-heeled. By day Zhang sells real estate, and his Beijing apartment is filled with pale blond Ikea furniture. He doesn't need the money, really, but he's longing for a new Zegna suit, and his latest patron - the 48-year-old wife...