Jack Lang

The Bush Era in Perspective

realclearpolitics.com     10 hrs ago          

Note: This essay appears in the September/October 2008 edition of Foreign Affairs.The world does not look today the way most anticipated it would after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Great-power competition was supposed...                    

Andrée Putman ~ Beyond Style ~ To Open at the Embassy of France in New York

artknowledgenews.com     Aug 16, 2008          

NEW YORK CITY - Twenty-five years ago, Andrée Putman revolutionized the world of style. Her innovative design for Morgans, the world’s first boutique hotel, ushered in a new approach to luxury: it became sleek, minimal,...                    

Book Review: You're History Mate

suite101.com     Aug 11, 2008          

A Light-hearted Look at Australian History by Paul Stafford Targeting a primary school-aged audience, Paul Stafford has brought together a collection of stories about 200 years of Australian characters and misfits. In only 200+...                    

Sarkozy Set For a Constitutional Showdown (Johnny Summerton)

artipot.com     Aug 3, 2008          

Hardly the sexiest headline by any stretch of the imagination. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting constitutional reform on two fronts. The vote is too close to call with some likely splits in the governing Union...                    

Man on Wire and High Wire: the men who walk among the clouds

telegraph.co.uk     Aug 2, 2008   18 related          

Sheila Johnston gets to the bottom of the French obsession with tight-rope walking that has produced two remarkable films Sacré bleu! Fun with the funambulist: Didier Pasquette's attempted 'coup' in Glasgow The first, Philippe...                    

Flagship reforms

independent-bangladesh.com     Jul 24, 2008   5 related          

By Lizzy DaviesNicolas Sarkozy narrowly avoided a critical political defeat Monday night when his flagship proposals to give the French constitution its biggest overhaul in half a century were passed by a margin of just one...                    

France approves bill, referendum on the way

turkishdailynews.com.tr     Jul 23, 2008   2 related          

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 '; var printReadyElem = document.getElementById("printReady"); if (printReadyElem != null) { html += printReadyElem.innerHTML; } else { alert("Could not find the printReady section in the HTML");...                    

Sarkozy ekes out victory on constitutional changes

iht.com     Jul 22, 2008   67 related          

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France won approval for important constitutional changes on Monday, but by a very narrow margin. The changes, Sarkozy insisted, strengthen the power of Parliament and will make the president more...                    

one was enough

bloggers4labour.org     Jul 22, 2008          

for Sarkozy's constitutional reforms to pass a combined vote of both Houses by one vote yesterday. Sarko was absolutely right to say, as he did in Ireland, that this was a victory for French democracy. The Socialists were...                    

Baseball community loses 'The Dean'

mlb.com     Jul 22, 2008   40 related          

Sports writer and baseball historian leaves behind legend The Hall of Fame lost one of its own on Saturday with the passing of Jerome Holtzman, 82, who was known throughout baseball circles as "The Dean" of writers. Holtzman...                    

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