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A Glimpse of Street Justice
It’s a cool, calm evening so far, just past 2am. I’ve parted ways with friends who are moving on from the bar to a club, and I find a Velib rent-a-bike to ride home. Something catches my eye as I head through Belleville. A man is swinging an object that looks like a long stick or a branch at people on the side-walk. Read More Read More
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South Africa victorious as World Cup host
Toronto Star >> JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s streets can be dangerously distracting for the news junkie. Everywhere, they’re lined with trees and poles bearing placards with head-turning headlines in bold print, such as this: “The Day We Earned Respect.”
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Vamos! Radical approach to learning Spanish in Mexico
It’s amazing how much the wandering monoglot can convey with grunts, smiles and gesticulations –but in Latin America, the only way out of the expat bubble is to actually speak Spanish. Who has time though, for months of classes only to prepare for a week’s vacation? Help, it turns out, is at hand. Lina Polonsky-Doyle [...]
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