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2007-09-08 Europe

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-09-08 14:01|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 No matter how hard I try I can never seem to manage to read more than a few paragraphs in the New Yorker.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-08 15:10|| 2007-09-08 15:10|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-09-08 19:07|| 2007-09-08 19:07|| Front Page Top

#3 the NYer staff doesn't know any French who like him much - that's a positive character ref in my book

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-09-08 19:35|| 2007-09-08 19:35|| Front Page Top

#4 A psychotic took over a nursery school. He strapped explosives to his body, and he held the children hostage. He called himself H.B., the human bomb. He had an incoherent set of demandsa true lunaticand the police surrounded the place. Sarkozy went into the school, completely alone, and began to talk to the human bomb. He engaged him in conversation: what did he want, what were his problems, could he solve them? But first he had to let the children go. Well, half an hour later, out comes Nicolas with children in his arms and all around him. Later, of course, the police went in and shot the human bomb dead. He shrugged. The French police are not known for their gentle touch with psychos.

It's pretty hard not to summon up a little respect for someone with the courage to do that. Still, I'm not reading four solid pages of drivel to learn more.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-08 20:43|| 2007-09-08 20:43|| Front Page Top

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