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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 : Sarkozy</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarkozy/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Sarkozy</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Hug, Handshake, or ... Kiss? </title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/04/03/hug-handshake-or-kiss.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5181</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Larimore</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5181.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5181</wfw:commentRss><description>Per our discussion about whether handshakes or hugs are more appropriate in workplace settings, I think it's safe to say that the Obamas' meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, provides absolutely zero guidance. As we...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/04/03/hug-handshake-or-kiss.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5181" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarkozy/default.aspx">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/hugging/default.aspx">hugging</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/handshakes/default.aspx">handshakes</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/protocol/default.aspx">protocol</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Obamas/default.aspx">Obamas</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/etiquette/default.aspx">etiquette</category></item><item><title>Re: The Sarkozy Solution</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/10/19/re-the-sarkozy-solution.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:73</guid><dc:creator>Melinda Henneberger</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/73.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=73</wfw:commentRss><description>Emily, you genius! Now that is the way to warm Hillary up for the true swing voter: get her out there single again, dating, and vulnerable. (I could see her with Mitt Romney, but never mind.) She would lose none of benefit of having been Mrs. Bill Clinton,...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/10/19/re-the-sarkozy-solution.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=73" 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/politics/default.aspx">politics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Sarkozy/default.aspx">Sarkozy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/_2700_08+election/default.aspx">'08 election</category></item><item><title>The Sarkozy Solution</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/10/19/the-sarkozy-solution.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:69</guid><dc:creator>Emily Yoffe</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/69.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=69</wfw:commentRss><description>Regarding the quick dissolution of the Sarkozy marriage, a several decade melodrama -- this seems like something Hillary should be contemplating. When people really start envisioning both Clintons back in the White House, wouldn't it be better if instead...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/10/19/the-sarkozy-solution.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=69" 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/Sarkozy/default.aspx">Sarkozy</category></item></channel></rss>