I don’t think Iraq could be transformed overnight into a democracy. How can you take a country that doesn’t have any kind of tradition of democracy, where its people have been brutalized and repressed for decades, and suddenly impose Jeffersonian ideals? Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
The Italian Renaissance extends beyond food, of course. Just about every major Italian furniture designer now has a shop in Paris, and Le Bon Marche recently opened an outlet for Santa Maria Novella perfumes, elixirs and soaps from Florence on its ground floor. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
France has become the second-largest consumer of pizza per person, per pound, in the world, behind the United States and ahead of Italy. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
In 1991, only two years into the Bush administration, Condoleezza Rice suddenly left her powerful job as the top Russia expert on the National Security Council and went back to California – to get a life. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
In 1981, Ms. Ebtekar was made editor-in-chief of the English-language newspaper ‘Kayhan International.’ The man who gave her the job was Mr. Khatami, who was then head of the Kayhan publishing house. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran’s government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami’s promise to promote women into high-profile positions. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
Paris will give bicyclists more rights when it installs 4,300 signs throughout the city, allowing them to barrel though red lights and turn right on red. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
The city of Paris is determined to promote the happiness-on-a-bike fantasy. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to turn the city into the most bike-friendly capital in the world. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
Every day since the start of the Tour de France, the popular ‘Le Parisien’ newspaper has published a story about a book written with the bicycle in mind. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States. Elaine Sciolino Read Quote
