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An 'Engagement' Going Nowhere, But Endearingly So

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When Violet (Emily Blunt) is accepted to a postdoctoral program at the University of Michigan, she and her fiance, Tom (Jason Segel), postpone their wedding plans — along with Tom's career as a chef — and move from San Francisco to Ann Arbor.

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Tom makes the best of the relocation by making unlikely friends like Tarquin (Brian Posehn) and trying to find work as a chef — while in the meantime putting in time at Ann Arbor's famed Zingerman's Deli.

By Andrew Lapin

We start where most movies end: A happy city-slicker couple pledge to spend the rest of their lives together, as a famous American landmark twinkles behind them.

From then on, Nicholas Stoller's weird, endearingly messy The Five-Year Engagement embarks on an uncharted circular voyage. Its two wistful, determined leads — Emily Blunt as grad student Violet and Jason Segel as sous-chef Tom — are caught in a Sisyphean premarital loop.

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Fri April 27, 2012

Weekly Standard: Francois Hollande And The West

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Socialist candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, Francois Hollande, speaks at his campaign headquarters in Paris on Jan. 14, 2012. Hollande is facing current French president Nicolas Sarkozy in a run off election.

By Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet is a regular columnist for the London Telegraph and a commentator for the BBC.

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Fri April 27, 2012

The Nation: The End Of Sarkozy?

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France's incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives on stage to deliver a speech during a campaign meeting in Cernay, eastern France, on April 25, 2012. Sarkozy will face his rival Socialist Party Francois Hollande in a final round on May 6, 2012.

By Agnes Catherine Poirier

Agnès Catherine Poirier is a French journalist and writer based in London.

7:44 am

Fri April 27, 2012

Is Moderate Growth Good For The Economy?

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Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long as unemployment stays high, economists say.

By Scott Neuman

The U.S. economy hit the recession exit ramp nearly three years ago, but it's been lost on the back roads somewhere near Recoveryville ever since.

Growth rates have been modest at best compared with the 4-plus percent growth in the years well before the U.S. began slouching toward its worst post-World War II recession.

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