Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Good attitude

Versailles: the pièce de résistance of modern gardening - Guardian Unlimited
The gardens of Versailles have seen many a horticultural trailblazer in their time. Louis XIV started it off with his Sun King fountains, proliferation of bosquets and the odd lover's grotto. His successor, Louis XV, created the jardins botaniques

The Hour of Europe - Washington Post
Resize "This is the hour of Europe." Way back in 1991, when an otherwise forgettable foreign minister of Luxembourg infamously pronounced that sentence, it seemed to portend great things. "This is the hour of Europe": That meant that in the post-Cold

Billups: Let's see what Curry does with Pistons' core - Detroit Free Press
With unrestricted free-agent power forward Kwame Brown agreeing to terms with the Pistons, it would appear that point guard Chauncey Billups will have his wish granted. No, he didn't ask for an athletic big man with unfulfilled potential. But the

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