Word: chez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chez Janine, the pilgrim can find De Gaulle postcards embossed in 24-karat gold, pens and pencils, key rings, ashtrays and African stamps bearing the general's likeness. At the curio shop of the father of René Piot, the last villager to talk to the general, are De Gaulle chinaware and letter openers, De Gaulle inside a crystal ball surrounded by floating snow, De Gaulle busts, statuettes, books, records, cassettes, calendars, and crosses of Lorraine of various types. In one respect, however, the general's prophecy has proved wrong. There are absolutely no mementos in nougatine...
...Letrone, proprietor of Chez Sam in Paris, went to Peking to see one of his oldtime customers-Cambodia's exiled ruler, Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The prince, Sam wrote to France-Soir Columnist Carmen Tessier, "has a solid appetite. His aunt, a princess, simmers up little dishes. To keep in shape, he plays badminton with Princess Monique and his staff. He still composes songs, and during the Oct. 1 celebrations one could hear his latest work: Nostalgia for China, Which Everyone Knows...
...villain: a cat lives twelve years, felines have nine lives, twelve times nine is-"I'll be gone by then." Being a Disney Wrongo, instead of speeding up the process he merely abducts his rivals to a pastel pays, from which the troupe works its way back chez eux. En route, the plains and suburbs produce a supporting cast that is nothing less than Dickensian. Among the featured players: Roquefort the intrepid mouse, a scatsinging feline jazz band from the era of Sidney Bechet, a pair of American expatriate hound dawgs with IQs slightly lower than Corner Pyle...
...Fringe benefits-from subsidized lunches to company-paid housing-are far more generous than those in the U.S. or Britain. Today Frenchmen are more than ever enjoying the good life, evident in the brisk trade of big department stores and even such luxury shops in Paris as Hermes and Chez Franck. Workers' purchasing power went up by 5% last year, and private consumption rose more than in any other Western country...
...Nuit Chez Maud. Eric Rohmer wrote and directed this drama about the basic choices people make to determine the quality of their lives. Set in a claustrophobic French town and loaded with conversation about Pascal and Catholicism, this movie is so well done that it makes all its points in the camera work and in the performances of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Francoise Fabian. The involved dialogue is merely an added...