| Study-abroad appeals to many
Wearing brightly colored, squishy clogs in Paris might be fashion suicide, but it's a gambit Cassandra Thill is willing to take to polish her French, forge global alliances and learn the ropes of international marketing.For the next year, the University of Colorado at Boulder junior will study at L'Institut d'…tudes Politiques de Paris, better known as Sciences Po. Outside the realm of France's public universities, Sciences Po and other Grande …coles or “great schools" are said to produce most of the country's business and political leaders.“It'll be great," Thill said. “Just trying to explain Crocs and Nalgene water bottles - I just don't know if they'll quite understand it. If I see someone wearing Crocs, I might have to run up and hug them." .
Hip hugger
The fanny pack has always made sense. You carry around a lot of stuff. You've got to put it some place. A zippered receptacle that leaves hands free to juggle a Big Gulp or grab the strap on a crowded "L" train seems like a practical solution. In the `80s, inexpensive fanny packs made of lightweight fabric were everywhere. Especially Disney World and the Dells. It didn't take long before they came to be the very emblem of overfed tourists (who should have thought twice about belting an additional pouch on their paunch). Thus began the decline of this useful, if hideous, accessory. Being marked or mistaken for a tourist is not a good thing. Furthermore, when some of us took a hard look in the mirror, we were forced to conclude that affixing a big, additional lump on our waistline or hindquarters was just not a price we were willing to pay for convenience.
Parents wait to buy school uniforms
After nearly a month into the school year and the first year of voluntary elementary school uniforms ... Parents wait to buy school uniforms Scott Teague The Union-Recorder After nearly a month into the school year and the first year of voluntary elementary school uniforms, principals at Baldwin County schools say many parents are waiting to buy the new uniforms. .
Revealed: Salmond's strategy for a war of independence
JUST before midday today, Alex Salmond will publish the first official government document to advocate Scottish independence and the break-up of the UK. For Nationalists, who have shouted from the sidelines of British politics for so long, it will be a symbolic moment. .
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