Word: enshadow
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...only offend the primarily (not to say historically) domestic character of the neighborhood, but will destroy whatever green space is left in the rear of the beautiful early 19th century mansions (both under protection of Architectural Preservation) still standing on Kirkland Street. Moreover, it will completely dwarf and enshadow the charming little Swedenborgian Church, already diminished by the huge Gund Hall at its side...
...there is also a little of the cynical, skeptical Voltaire in the Frenchman?and a lot of the stubborn, even violent individualist. Smug paternalism at home did not wear nearly so well as posturing abroad. The Gaullist panoply gradually began to enshadow and constrict every aspect of French life, from politics to morals, painting to fashion. The rhythm of French existence perceptibly altered. Hints of ennui crept in?and boredom has always been underrated as a revolutionary force. Paris was no longer the most richly alive city in Europe. Looking beneath the glittering surface of Gaullist France as long...
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