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...black American, I know what it's like to have your history stolen from you," said Gates, the great-great-grandson of slaves and Du Bois Professor of the Humanities...
...From a central stage lighted up like a boxing ring, speaker after speaker denounced the legislation as "retrograde," "idiotic" and "criminal." "This law is antieconomic," thundered Ernest-Andre Seilliere, head of the main employers association. "Nobody can make more by working less!" Truer to form, the Confederation Generale du Travail, one of the country's largest labor unions, was leading tens of thousands of workers in protest marches across the country, demanding that the law even mandate the hiring of new workers...
...More ironies abound. Marie is a woman who looks like a sweet and frail schoolteacher but willingly accepts a lewd offer from a stranger, fantasizes about working in a headless whore factory, and derives visceral pleasure in gynocological exams. While reminiscent of Luis Bunuel's Belle du Jour, concerning the kinky desires of an angelic Gallic heroine, Breillat's film is less mysterious but considerably more graphic and disturbing...
...example, began its campaign with a bang, receiving a $20 million gift from the Countess Albina du Boisrouvray for a new research facility. She named the center--the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building...
...School of Public Health received a $20 million boost early in its campaign and managed to reach its goal of $125 million two and a half years ago. It has now raised $180 million. The Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, an honorary campaign co-chair for SPH, gave the $20 million to establish the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights...