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More Fortune 500 companies are European than American
Enticing paragraph from an article on Earthlink News this morning.
"Today more Fortune 500 companies are European than American. European enterprises – Daimler-Benz on the ground, Airbus in the air, the Titan mission to Saturn in space – all threaten to usurp traditional American dominance. The United States’ GDP was long the world’s biggest. Now the EU’s is bigger."
Don’t know if you can access it or not if you don’t have an Earthlink account, but here’s the URL so you can try. It was a very interesting article, not negative, but very thoughtprovoking, especially considering the deficit problems we are currently having.
http://start.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20050226/42200250_3ca6_1552620050226-1519438404
Tour de France 2005
Hi! My husband and I are planning on going to see the Tour de France, but have now idea where to start in planning. We would love to travel around the country, but we don’t know the best way to do it. Is taking the train the way to go? Or renting a car? From what i can tell of the maps that I’ve seen, is that the trains go everywhere. Well, if anyone has any tips, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks.
looking for new friends centre france (41)
hi, young male couple both 30 one french one english living in Noyer sur cher france, looking for new english speaking friends from all walks of life. both down to earth and love living in france. corycat599@hotmail.com
lokking for a job
i am a pizzacook , and i looking for a job in paris.
i am 30 years old , i can work with steel.
now i live in berlin. i want to com to france and stay there.
i am a man.
Short tours in Paris???
Can anyone help me with tour names and prices for a good 2 night/3 day tour of Paris taking in some of the main historic buildings and sights on a low budget?
I am travelling solo.
It would be in late June 2005.
Thanks for your help.
Michael
Tech Solves Hope Diamond Mystery
WASHINGTON — Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France.
A French connection had been suspected for the Hope, but the new study shows just how it would have fit inside the larger French Blue Diamond and how that gem was cut, Smithsonian gem curator Jeffrey Post explained.
The deep blue Hope Diamond is the centerpiece of the gem collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, famed for its claimed history of bad luck for its owners. It’s been good fortune for the museum, though, drawing millions of visitors.
Notre-Dame de Reims
Notre-Dame de Reims is the Reims Cathedral, where the kings of France used to be crowned. It replaced an older church (burned in 1211) built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in A.D. 496. The cathedral was completed by the end of the 13th century, with the exception of the west front (illustration, right).
Jules Verne
(February 8, 1828—March 24, 1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science fiction genre. Verne was noted for writing about space, air, and underwater travel long before they were possible.
Early years
Sacre Coeur Comfort Inn
I found this location to be just right. Up the hill from the Moulin Rouge taking Houdin then left at Rue des Abbesses. I liked the Fruit market and markets down the street and the very nice artist area by Sacre Coeur. The price was right here, too.