Word: french
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...visitors are shrewd shoppers. Manhattan's Windows on the World restaurant reports that they gobble up oysters and clams (as part of a $19.50 prix fixe dinner), which are much more expensive in Europe. Says Nick Lapole, director of public relations for Mamma Leone's restaurant in Manhattan: "The French and Italian tourists we are getting eat and drink rather lavishly and don't care what it costs." Because of all the dollars in their pockets, they are also losing their reputation for being stingy tippers. Rubies, emeralds, sapphires and cheaper souvenirs are being snapped up by tourists at Tiffany...
...Revenge, Edwards parodies The Godfather and The French Connection, and--perhaps learning from his past mistakes--he keeps it domestic and visually smaller. He also lightens Seller's load by giving him a large and funny supporting cast, and the somewhat reduced chores enhance his appeal. Clouseau still mucks up his vowel sounds and takes a good many falls, but Edwards doesn't labor these gags as much as he did last time. One can hardly call him restrained, but he's comparatively restrained. Admittedly, the plot is harebrained and the climax, set in a fireworks factory, fizzles, but there...
...Placement test in French. Ho ho. Didn't get a 560 on your French achievement, did you? Well, if you do okay on this test you don't have to take a year of languages, which is nice. The tests aren't toohard, and they are offered in German, Spanish, Chemistry, Math, Italian, Latin, Modern Hebrew, Greek and Russian. The nonlanguage jobs are for placement only, and they all take place at various times throught the week. An unavoidable necessity, unless you're a non-science type who already placed out of the language requirement. In which case you ought...
Raymond Barre, France's Premier, reflecting on his countrymen: "They are often irritating and even exasperating, but without the French there would be no Europe. What is most striking is that the French have a vision, a certain idea about Europe...
Silver Fizz Perrier water, this year's fashionable fizz, has been available in the U.S. since 1908. That same year, Cartier, the international jeweler, also arrived on these shores. Moreover, the two French enterprises originally enjoyed the patronage of Napoleon III, who had good taste if not much else. So how to celebrate their twinnage? A diamond-studded Perrier decanter, peut-étre? Nothing so bourgeois. What Cartier has designed for Perrier is a $45 three-piece sterling silver set consisting of an artfully shaped bottle opener and two engraved bottle stoppers...