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...pull together France's collection of 300,000 artistic and cultural artifacts from Asia, the Americas, Africa and Oceania without a whiff of ex-imperial condescension. It will be the most visible Parisian legacy of Jacques Chirac, who is winding up 12 years as President and was Paris' mayor for 18 years before that; its inauguration offers him a rare respite from the political failures that have plagued his final years in office. Chirac himself decided in 1999 to award the museum project to Nouvel, a Socialist voter who had been an outspoken critic of Chirac's urban policies...
...wanted to see Larry Summers and Mayor Menino," Dergacheva said. "I think that [Summers] is a great man and we are upset that he is gone...
Summers, whose rocky reception across the river in Cambridge led to his resignation in February, enjoyed two standing ovations and became the latest historical figure to have his name featured on a city street sign, after being lauded by the mayor for his work in the local community...
...done so much in the five and a half years since he's been here. These are things that will last forever," said Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who introduced the outgoing president as "my friend, Larry Summers" before presenting him with a sign bearing the words “Summers Place...
During his tenure as president, Summers went to great lengths to cultivate ties with the 13-year mayor, and last night spoke warmly of him, characterizing Menino as "one of those mayors" whose name would be associated with his city for years to come...