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...cited improving safety among his top priorities. Transportation Minister Gilles de Robien has been even more assertive. After warning that "sanctions provided by law shouldn't be limited to threats but must be systematically applied," late last month De Robien and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy deployed nearly 5,000 extra police officers to vacationer-packed freeways and roads and promised 1,200 new full-time patrols over the next five years. De Robien is also considering testing such innovative measures as putting "black boxes" in cars to record speed and maneuvering, and lowering legal blood-alcohol limits from .5 grams...
...Roland Janes's less ornate but momentum-sustaining guitar work) followed by a reprise of the second verse with the inspired vocal filler "We got a chicken in the barn/ Whose barn? What barn? My barn!" (the drums whacking the "whose-what-my" to give it extra force and fun), then two softer, near-spoken verses - one with the ad-lib "You can shake it one time for me" and a brief impression of the Elvis baritone ("Did you hear me, I said come on over, baby" but, in the Presley style, omitting all consonants), the second a little sermon...
...life into humor, I’m not going to place $35,000 in Harvard’s coffers. I’m just going to watch Seinfeld re-runs. My roommate and I would both agree that anyone who can turn black-and-white cookies and women with extra-large hands into comedy is a true genius...
...supervised "down-down" of several beers in quick succession, due to some violation of an obscure?and quite possibly made-up on the spot?hashing law. While the rules vary from group to group, one is a constant: anyone caught wearing new sneakers will be punished with an extra large serving of beer?drunk from the offending shoe...
Natural Boost Britain's organic farmers welcomed a government plan to double the amount of organic produce grown in the country. The scheme, which will give the farmers extra funds in recognition of the environmental benefits of their work, aims to reverse an unhealthy trend: because of increased competition from imports, 30% of organic farms in the U.K. are running at a loss, compared with 19% five years...