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...Roz Chast: ''Mad About'' CD Covers Making a pointedly unself-serious attempt to attract new buyers, the classical-record label Deutsche Grammophon commissioned fey, funny cartoonist Chast to paint the covers for their Mad About series of reissues. The result: a charming new brand -- and a possible explanation of why CDs are exactly the size of cartoons...
...Sarkozy, "the threat comes from Chirac's people, not the National Front." But it's with Chirac's people that Sarkozy governs. "He knows that his brand of economic liberalism isn't popular in France, so he's compensating with a dose of moral conservativism," says Stéphane Rozès, director of the French polling firm CSA Opinion. "But he can't go much further in that direction without having to choose between the government and his own ambitions...
...bloc for the first time, 51% to 49%, in a poll asking French respondents how they will vote in the May 29 referendum on the proposed E.U. constitution. The yes tally has decreased dramatically, from a high of 69% in December and 63% late last month. Stéphane Rozès, deputy director general of CSA polling agency, which conducted the survey, says growing resentment over government reform, rising unemployment, falling spending power, and the E.U.'s effort to liberalize the service sector could further mobilize the disaffected. "There's growing desire to punish leaders, and blame Paris...
...reference to the Village Vanguard where the Revuers first attracted notice. The score also bursts with the spirit and confidence that must have gone into its speedy creation - as if the trio were saying, Okay, let's write a Village scene-setter, now we'll do a showstopper for Roz, and how about a conga for the first-act finale...
...inquiries - none of them led by independent bodies - is looking into the claims. Ironically, the political ban applied in Juppé's case became automatic under a 1995 law passed by the same conservatives who are now calling the sentence extreme. Just as curiously, both Moïsi and Rozès say Juppé's contrite TV appearance last week may turn his reputation and career around if his appeal later this year can reverse the political ban. But there's one recent addition to French jurisprudence that Chirac's most loyal man isn't likely to consider: plea...