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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : Nicolas Sarkozy</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Nicolas+Sarkozy/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Puff This ...</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/01/14/puff-this.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:810</guid><dc:creator>Melinda Henneberger</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/810.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=810</wfw:commentRss><description>Were you just being provocative, Emily ? Describing a best-case abortion as nothing more than "a few not ideal hours'' makes it sound like an afternoon at the DMV without a good book. And aren't you being just as categorical as you say Caitlin Flanagan...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/01/14/puff-this.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=810" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/feminism/default.aspx">feminism</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+control/default.aspx">birth control</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/_2700_08+election/default.aspx">'08 election</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/choice/default.aspx">choice</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/abortion/default.aspx">abortion</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/marriage/default.aspx">marriage</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/adoption/default.aspx">adoption</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Nicolas+Sarkozy/default.aspx">Nicolas Sarkozy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Carla+Bruni/default.aspx">Carla Bruni</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Juno/default.aspx">Juno</category></item><item><title>re: Vive La France</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/01/12/re-vive-la-france.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:796</guid><dc:creator>Anne Applebaum</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/796.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=796</wfw:commentRss><description>Emily, So glad you brought up the love affair between Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. It's pretty much a de rigeur topic of conversation in European capitals at the moment, but I daren't mention it too much on an American Web site, during the all-too-serious...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/01/12/re-vive-la-france.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=796" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Hillary+Clinton/default.aspx">Hillary Clinton</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Nicolas+Sarkozy/default.aspx">Nicolas Sarkozy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Carla+Bruni/default.aspx">Carla Bruni</category></item><item><title>Vive La France!</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/01/11/vive-la-france.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:790</guid><dc:creator>Emily Yoffe</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/790.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=790</wfw:commentRss><description>When this blog started in October, Anne Applebaum wrote of how the Nicolas and Cecilia Sarkozy, France's president and first lady, could be a model for American political couples. She had her own life, did not help him campaign, and no one in France seemed...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/01/11/vive-la-france.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=790" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Nicolas+Sarkozy/default.aspx">Nicolas Sarkozy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Carla+Bruni/default.aspx">Carla Bruni</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/France/default.aspx">France</category></item></channel></rss>