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Parisians, who think of their city as a paradigm of enlightened hedonism, do not quite know what to make of a gaudy new encampment in their midst. It is called the Hotel Nova-Park Elysées. Its Second Empire façade is festooned with flamingo-pink awnings. Inside...
Reagan started his rounds midday Thursday at an elaborate "working lunch" in the Elysée Palace where Mitterrand was host. The two leaders talked about the Falklands, Central America and the Middle East. Both Presidents agreed that a decisive victory for Iran in its war with Iraq could set...
Throughout the day, Reagan was at his informal best. At the Elysée lunch, he told the old joke about a lawyer and a Pope who arrived simultaneously at the gates of heaven. St. Peter admitted the lawyer immediately, explaining to the waiting Pontiff that the attorney got special...
Outside the Elysée, an American reporter called out, "How was the food, Mr. President?" Reagan answered in a mockreproachful tone, "Now, how could the food be? Delicious. We're in Paris!" At the embassy dinner, the former California Governor told his French guests, "We know France has...
The production illustrates the progression perfectly. The first act-all bright colors and gaily spinning contraptions-is an extended divertissement, with Hoffmann the butt of a joke shared by everyone except him. Olympia, the crowning achievement of Spalanzani's workshop, is obviously a machine, and in a fine, broad...