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...spent more time in Paris, however, I've noticed a change in my attitude toward Parisian lovers. I no longer feel distressed, or even surprised, when I see a couple kissing in the park. I can't say that any one event caused me to re-evaluate my stance toward PDA, but after weeks of involuntary observation, it’s simply become a part of the Parisian landscape. Like the countless boulangeries and shoe stores, PDA is an omnipresent part of the scenery—a necessary staple of Parisian culture...
...happen again? No-at least not in the same way. The glaring economic imbalances of 10 years ago are no more. Asia has not only repaired much of the damage but taken out insurance-perhaps too much insurance-against a similar accident. During the 1990s Asian countries borrowed and spent beyond their means, a spree fueled by economic liberalization, overvalued local currencies and a flood of cheap foreign investment. But liberalization was badly executed, with political cronies running roughshod over regulators. Companies and consumers borrowed too much, much of it in foreign currencies. When Thailand's central bank...
...Brinson has spent the past few years happily talking to all sides. He met with Dean, and the men talked about moral absolutes and what it means to be a Christian, and prayed together. But not everyone was thrilled that people like Brinson were poking their heads into the big Democratic tent. National Organization for Women president Kim Gandy, a Presbyterian, found herself at a luncheon where she was scheduled to speak after Jim Wallis and before Jesse Jackson. She challenged Wallis' vision of a new army of Christian soldiers head on: "I don't want a progressive evangelical movement...
...Russians claimed a great scientific discovery late last month. An expedition of 50 scientists that spent 45 days aboard the Rossia nuclear ice-breaker found that an underwater ridge (the Lomonosov ridge) directly links Russia's Arctic coast to the North Pole. This, they insist, surely guarantees Russia's rights over a vast Polar territory that also happens to contain some 10 billion tons of oil and natural gas deposits...
...European Union (Serbia wants to grant the province autonomy but not full independence.) European diplomats have raised the possibility of renewing "proximity" talks, starting in September, between Kosovo Albanian and Serbian leaders from Belgrade - thus dealing with part of Russia's requirement. (The two sides, however, have already spent 14 months in inconclusive talks prior to the publication of Ahtisaari's plan.) Under another proposal, to be decided on later this month, talks may be convened somewhere in Europe that would include all interested parties, similar to the 1995 meetings in Dayton, Ohio that ended the Bosnian...