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What’s next for Carla Bruni-Sarkozy?

14 Monday May 2012

Posted by Wade Edwards in Carla Bruni, Culture, Music, Politics

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Her husband is now the former President of the French Republic.  What does that mean for Carla Bruni, the supermodel and recording artist, who served as France’s first Lady for the last four years?  http://wapo.st/JqVPYT

The Real Reason the French are Healthy

14 Monday May 2012

Posted by Wade Edwards in Culture

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French kids don’t snack. Hard to believe, but true. They don’t snack at school, or in their cars, or in their strollers. I never saw a single French child rummaging in cupboards or the fridge. This was as true for the French children living in our little village as it was for the girls’ big-city cousins in Paris and Lyon.

“So when do kids snack?” I eventually asked my mother-in-law.

“They don’t snack, of course,” she replied. Her surprised look was a sign that I’d asked, yet again, one of those dumb foreigner questions.  Continue reading at Babble.

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