Word: alain
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...enduring this wave of bombings. But to some New Zealanders, this latest bout of terrorism is ironic. Was it not the French government that committed its own terrorist bombing against the Greenpeace ship in New Zealand last year? France strongly lobbied for the release of two of its terrorists, Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, just as the Arab extremists are now campaigning for the release of their comrades. Chris Aimer Dunedin, New Zealand Aquino's Road Show...
...talk to you right now. I'm climbing." ALAIN ROBERT, a.k.a. Spiderman, French climber known for his unauthorized ascents of some of the world's tallest buildings, answering a reporter's questions while scaling Hong Kong's 62-story Cheung Kong Center last week...
...writers, books and filmmakers that he shared with me, texts with a certain type of intimacy that had the same effect on me as they had on him." One of these influences is François Truffaut, with his tender explorations of relationships; another, the wistful 1970s chanteur Alain Souchon. Delerm's writing contains unexpected metaphors that focus on small observations, like the image of a naked woman that forms and disappears in a cup of sake in the song Evreux. Critics dismiss his style as precious, and ridicule his distinctive enunciation - drawn-out syllables and unexpected, oddly placed, upward...
...Although the field of Renaissance art has lost the domineering position it had in our discipline two decades ago, it is crucial that this field be part of the curriculum,” said Pulitzer Professor of Modern Art Yve-Alain Bois, the department’s chair...
...fruit forward," says Joe. "We know they want wines you can drink young." Some local winemakers resist the idea that Gallo tells them each step to take. But they acknowledge that Gallo looks for winemakers interested in crafting wines in a more modern style: Sieur d'Arques winemaker Alain Gayda admits his wines were more fruit forward than his rivals' even before he teamed up with Gallo...