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NY police probe death of top French academic
Reuters ^

Posted on 04/04/2012 7:02:44 AM PDT by nuconvert

A prominent French academic, Richard Descoings, was found dead naked in a New York hotel room on Tuesday afternoon and New York police opened an investigation into the circumstances of his death.

New York City Police said that the body of Descoings, 53, director of the prestigious Institute of Political Studies or "Sciences Po" in Paris and a member of France's Council of State, a government advisory body, was found in his room at the Michelangelo Hotel on 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: france; ny; richarddescoings

1 posted on 04/04/2012 7:02:46 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Someone he met on the internet?


2 posted on 04/04/2012 7:04:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: nuconvert

I’ve heard the phrase “buck naked”, but never “dead naked”.


3 posted on 04/04/2012 7:05:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: BenLurkin

“found dead naked”

does anyone ever die in a hotel room with their clothes on?


4 posted on 04/04/2012 7:07:23 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: cuban leaf

Yeah, I stumbled over that, too. A comma would have helped.


5 posted on 04/04/2012 7:11:11 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert
“...director of the prestigious Institute of Political Studies or “Sciences Po” in Paris and a member of France's Council of State....”

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Lemme guess. An “award-winning” professor whose claim to fame is convincing, other EuroCollectivists how socialism is finally going to work THIS time, with the RIGHT...ahem...academics, career bureaucrats and lawyers in charge.

6 posted on 04/04/2012 7:14:19 AM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: BenLurkin
Anyone know if Olbermann was in the vicinity?
7 posted on 04/04/2012 7:17:51 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (Barack has a memory like a steel trap; it's a gift ~ Michelle Obama)
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To: nuconvert

graduate of École nationale d’administration.


8 posted on 04/04/2012 7:49:50 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: nuconvert
...a government advisory body, . . .

A dead government advisory body.
9 posted on 04/04/2012 7:53:09 AM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: cuban leaf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_and_the_Dead

A very good read. He was there.


10 posted on 04/04/2012 7:56:01 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Keith Olbermann: Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them.)
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To: nuconvert

Gay sex gone wrong?


11 posted on 04/04/2012 9:09:46 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

Imagine CSI trying to pick up samples of “evidence” when the scene is a hotel room probably used thousands of times for one night stands of every possible description.

Just check the security cameras...


12 posted on 04/04/2012 9:46:31 AM PDT by Huebolt (It's not over until there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
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To: nuconvert

What is it about highly placed French officials and New York hotel rooms?


13 posted on 04/04/2012 6:31:40 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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