At the school gates, there are a few Carla Bruni types amongst the mums. No doubt these will be the gals that weather the current economy with aplomb. France has sidestepped recession status, unlike much of Europe. Of course, France will gloat a bit. I do think this will all be short-lived. The G-20 has characters somewhat similar to the school mum crowd. The capitalistic bombastic bully, the diligent well-educated bore, the utterly-devoted-tunnel-vision type, the social climber, the quick study, the head-girl...
"If we are facing the most serious crisis in the world economy since the Great Depression (and why is that always capitalized?) then we need to take a lot of possible unorthodox and special steps" was uttered (except that bit in the curves) by Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Ah. What is missing now is the Party girl, the glass-half-full one, your best pal...where oh where has she gone??? It just won't be the same without her.
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