Word: flottante
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...That new realm is the subject of a dazzling exhibition at Paris' Grand Palais. "Images du Monde Flottant" (Images of the Floating World), which runs until Jan. 3, brings together more than 200 screens, scrolls and prints from Japan, the U.S., Britain, Germany and, especially, Paris' famed Mus?e Guimet. And what a world it was?a paradise of courtesans and Kabuki stars, teahouses and "green houses," where courtesans entertained their customers. All of it was tolerated, though watched closely, by the shogunate. Originally the term "floating world," or ukiyo, referred to the Buddhist notion that the everyday grind of travail...
...longer has francs to fling. For some years now the flashy little maker of Citroën cars, with a lack of originality he once would have scorned, has been leasing the new features pioneered by Walter P. Chrysler. Chrysler "floating power" became in France "le moteur flottant" of Citroën. It helped, but not enough. This year, slipping perilously near to bankruptcy, M. Citroën struck out with a new car of his own which has made Paris sit up and stare. It has front wheel drive, "knee action" on all four wheels and lines phenomenally...
...Last week the 8-h. p. British Ford was not pre-selective, had a gear lever of conventional U. S. type. From France came Andre Citroen's latest, a car with floating power"-by permission of Walter P. Chrysler who has leased the French rights of his moteur flottant to "The Ford of France...
...program is as follows: Le reville-matin Couperin Le bavolet flottant Couperin Rondo alla Turca Mozart Variations serieuses Mendelssohn Fourth Sonata Scriabine Rigaudon, from "Le tombeau de Couperin" Ravel Alborada del graciosco Chopin Nocurne Chopin Deux ecossaises Chopin Hungarian Rhapsody number 13 Liszt
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