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...forgotten something great because you didn’t want to get out a pen and paper—and then, what would have been the point, you would probably have lost the note anyway. Don’t let this happen again; get in the 21st century habit of remembering everything...
...suggests, that is what he did, he should step down. But Mitterrand has always maintained his novel was intended as a kind of full disclosure of things he'd seen and experienced. While the portion of the book dealing with prostitution might worry some readers - "I got into the habit of paying for boys," he writes - Mitterrand argues that his use of the word boy referred to younger men rather than minors. Many older gay men use the expression in that way, he says. "If the National Front drags me through the mud, it's an honor," Mitterrand said...
...package has left President Asif Ali Zardari increasingly isolated as normally fractious opposition parties unite against its "humiliating" conditions, with even the junior partners in Zardari's ruling coalition expressing misgivings. Public opinion ranges from suspicion to hostility, and the army high command broke with its recent habit of remaining quiet on political matters to issue an ominous statement. Following a meeting of its corps commanders, the army - the country's most powerful institution, long accustomed to keeping the political class in line - expressed "serious concern" over what it said were the "national security" implications of the aid package...
...They use this as a playground,” he says. “They have to pick up their trash.” “They drink,” he adds with a compassionate and understanding tone. “But they have a very bad habit...
...Sheba. But anyone trying to get off the beaten track in Yemen these days may find a bit too much adventure. About two-thirds of the country is out of government control and in the hands of either separatist groups or local tribes, some of which have a habit of kidnapping foreign tourists to use as bargaining chips in disputes with the central government. Such hostages were rarely harmed until this June, when nine foreigners were kidnapped - including two German women and a South Korean woman whose mutilated bodies were later discovered by shepherds. After the attack, the government effectively...