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...take the stage. A rock star of politics, he didn't disappoint. Clad in the distinctive garb that has made him famous worldwide, he challenged the audience to remember those suffering under the burden of crippling debt or dying from AIDS. But Canada, he said, with a most un-Canadian sense of self-congratulation, was alive with a sense of idealism. When he finished his speech, his rapturous fans were ready to follow him on whatever political quest he might lead them...
...pipe, some little cigars, and back to cigarettes. In the 80s, while at the Cannes Film Festival, I discovered a brand with a droll name: Time. Turned out they were the French version of the American brand, More. (More, in French, sounds like the word for death. "Donnez-moi un packet de Mort, s'il-vous plait." In Italy, they're pronounced Mor-ay: nearly the Italian word for love.) Since the mid-90s I've bought Capri Menthol 120s, a cigarette so svelte and mild that, I joke, smoking them makes you live longer...
...place, they would expect the U.S. to withdraw entirely from Iraqi cities and confine themselves to policing the country's borders, while Iraqi security forces take charge of domestic security. Others have even suggested that one a new government is empowered, U.S. troops remaining in Iraq should operate under UN authority. The U.S. would certainly prefer the more limited security role envisaged by some IGC members - that's precisely why it's rushing 10,000 Iraqi security personnel a week through a rudimentary training regimen, with a view to handing over many of the security functions that currently leave...
...ready to absorb some of the lessons and try Plan C. As that takes shape in the face of anticipated adversities, it may well morph into Plan D - which, following the "Afghan model" widely touted in support of the most recent changes, would presumably involve a greater UN role in supervising the political transition...
...take the stage. A rock star of politics, he didn't disappoint. Clad in the distinctive garb that has made him famous worldwide, he challenged the audience to remember those suffering under the burden of crippling debt or dying from AIDS. But Canada, he said, with a most un-Canadian sense of self-congratulation, was alive with a sense of idealism. When he finished his speech, his rapturous fans were ready to follow him on whatever political quest he might lead them...