While the plans still face several regulatory hurdles, including environmental ones, local officials have welcomed Ave Maria as a source of jobs, cultural events and sports.
Belt-tightening at the Quai d'Orsay has meant the elimination of jobs, cultural programs and allowances, as well as restrictions on foreign travel and the stingiest of bonuses.
So much about the 2012 presidential election is predictable: it will be about gas prices and health care; the deficit, spending and jobs; cultural issues and gender politics; immigration and federal taxes.
The trend toward such development has grown in recent years, as younger and older people alike have migrated to urban centers to be close to jobs, cultural amenities and entertainment, said Peter D. Cummings, chairman of Ram, a Florida-based mixed-use developer focused on the Southeast and Michigan.
The sprawl of the precarious peripheries has lead to an absurd disconnection of poorly urbanized spaces and the city center where jobs, cultural and economic opportunities are concentrated.
But the sector's potential for growth growth in jobs, cultural output, international respect is undeniable.
Or maybe it's nostalgia for a time when white men had more control over sex, money, and the political and social life of the nation, or fear of the increased competition from independent women for jobs, cultural influence, and political power.
On-the-job cultural assessment.
The Times often does a good job monitoring cultural controversies, but what kind of Watergate story deserved front-page treatment at this late date?
They telecast talk shows with entrepreneurs, celebrities, artists and local people and showcase local events like career or job fests, cultural or sports programs.
Except for Ayana, who has a full-time job organizing cultural training programs at the China Institute in Manhattan, they have all chosen belly dancing as their primary career.
