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1 trillion euros: EU leaders get into big fight over budget
BRUSSELS — European leaders argued into the early hours of Friday about how to spend and share some 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) over the next seven years.
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'Black in Space' looks at final frontier of civil rights
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police if he didn't leave. McNair was black.
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A diminished Victoria's Secret sold as women look elsewhere
NEW YORK — Victoria's Secret, which once defined sexy with its leggy supermodels prancing around in their bras and oversized angel wings, is being sold as women increasingly look for styles that more realistically fit their body types.
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Irony prevails at Benetton, transparent femininity at Prada
MILAN — The frills are on at Milan Fashion Week, where “pretty” is womenswear watchword of the next cold weather season.
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