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Following the arrest of the trainer of the Festina team, Bruno Roussel, accused of possessing large quantities of forbidden substances, there were several editorials Thursday about the potentially disastrous effects of this scandal on the world's greatest cycling marathon.
Recalling that the first such event 20 years ago had ended with 53 arrests, Le Monde pointed out that this year there had been only one arrest--of a person possessing two grams of cannabis--and that 30 uniformed policemen had crossed the security barriers to join the party.
Cocaine use is illegal, but as governor of Texas, he's toughened penalties for people convicted of selling or possessing less than a gram of coke (a crime previously punished by probation).
Gallant's stories of men and women--and these include a few tales of trusting men let down by untrustworthy women--follow a basic pattern: Someone (possessing a naiveté perhaps reminiscent of the 27-year-old who ran off to Paris to write) offers someone else his or her love and is let down, but still manages to get up in the morning for the next several decades.
Congressional sanctions punishing Pakistan for possessing nuclear arms prevented the administration from offering incentives to Islamabad.