Word: communed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...obsolete pachyderm of tawny limestone occupying as beautiful a site as Paris, or the world, can offer: a stretch of the Left Bank across from the Louvre, with a panoramic view of the Tuileries. Originally, the Cours des Comptes had stood here, and after the ravages of the Paris Commune of 1871, its melancholy, fire-gutted ruins remained untouched for nearly 30 years. Then, in 1898, the Orleans railroad company bought the site and raised on it a railroad station with a built-in hotel, serving as the terminus of lines from southwestern France. Its architect, Victor Laloux...
...over New York," says Marguerite, as Amy wends her way back to the fitting room. "This is hardest for the mother. I can't wait until she goes back to San Francisco tomorrow. Amy is a sweet kid, but this is a girl who lived on a commune. I never thought I would see the day. This boy has really changed her. Now she wants a fancy wedding dress...
...WAIT, Oxfam night is also a big social event. It's fun to go out, eat, and rejoice in our generosity. This raises the second objection to the Oxfam fast, the spiritual one. The purpose of the fast, in theory, is for us privileged Harvard students to commune long-distance with those in Africa who go to bed hungry every night. But no one does that anyway. We give away a meal to charity and then go out and buy ourselves an even more expensive dinner to celebrate...
Savimbi's career is no textbook example of anti-Communism. In his fight against the Portuguese colonial rule that ended in Angola in 1975, Savimbi traveled to China to study revolutionary tactics. In those days, he talked of turning Angola into a Maoist agricultural commune, stating, "You can't apply capitalism to Africa...
...museum was built in the Louvre's Pavillon de Marsan, which was first finished in 1666, burned during the Paris Commune of 1871 and left largely unoccupied since its restoration was completed in 1905. When Decorator Jacques Grange first inspected the premises in 1982, he found himself inside a glorious attic in which hundreds of pigeons flew free under a glass rooftop supported by a metal framework. Grange and Architect Daniel Kahane kept practically everything but the birds. They added oak for the floors, stone for stairs and gallery walls, spending nearly $6 million to achieve an easy, inviting elegance...