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Have the Tories got it wrong over elected mayors?And what about the plan to give them more powers? One announcement at the Tory conference has the side effect of creating more elections which are likely to lead to more betting markets during a period when these will be quite scarce. A big betting occasion will be twelve referenda, all taking... |
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Guy Maddin Talks Night Mayors, Filmmaking, and Sissy BoysGuy Maddin is not your everyday director. Over the last twenty years, he's made a name for himself with his beautifully hazy black and white shorts and features, from the docufantasia wonder of My Winnipeg to the hops-filled thrills of Isabella Rossellini and The Saddest Music in the World. The... |
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TIFF Shorts Roundup: From Night Mayors to RunawaysToronto might have its own short film extravaganza -- the Worldwide Short Film Festival -- a week rife with pithy pieces of cinema. But every year, just a few months later, there's a second serving at TIFF with the collection Short Cuts Canada. This year, the NFB (National Film Board of Canada... |
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Top 10 Most Corrupt Mayors From Science FictionYou think your city's leadership is bad? Just look at these 10 stand-out examples of terrible mayors and awful city leaders from science fiction and urban fantasy. They steal, they kill, they won't give the people air! ... |
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Mad Parisian mayors fight each other with road signsThe mayors of two Paris suburbs are so mad at each other that they made the D909 road one way in their districts, but one way in opposite directions. The mayor of Levallios-Perret, Patrick Balkany, did it first as a way to calm traffic in his area. Then Gillles Catoire, mayor of Clich-la-Garenne ... |
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Feuding Paris mayors make road one-way - in opposite directionsTraffic chaos occurs in Paris after the mayors of two feuding suburbs declare the same busy street one-way, but in opposite directions. ... |
