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But it's the unflattering image being reflected from abroad that may give pause to the millions of French travelers now heading off to summer-vacation destinations across the globe. Will this move them to improve behavior the poll characterized as impolite, prone to loud carping and inattentive to local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Most Obnoxious Tourists? The French | 7/4/2008 | See Source »

On his first visit to Algiers, De Gaulle sent a cheering mob of colons in the Forum into near ecstasy with his celebrated opening words: "Je vous ai compris" (I have understood you). To the pieds noirs, it was a sign that De Gaulle accepted the idea of Algé...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Epic Terror | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Henri-Marie Beyle, who called himself, among other pseudonyms, Baron de Stendhal-sensualist, cynic, soldier, exile, diplomat, author-wrote his first novel at 44 and said of himself: "Je serai compris ners 1900 [I shall be understood about 1900]."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Road to Fame | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

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