Word: french
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...closed city of Gorky, is at least as well known as Shcharansky. But the Soviets have always claimed that Sakharov, a physicist who once worked on the Soviet nuclear-bomb project, could never be released. As recently as two weeks ago, Gorbachev said flatly in an interview with the French Communist newspaper L'Humanite that Sakharov "is still considered to be in possession of state secrets and cannot leave the U.S.S.R." Whether the Soviet position is valid or not, the Kremlin seems determined to stick...
Once a dedicated foe of the French cultural establishment, Boulez has become his country's unofficial musical czar. Such is his clout that the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique commands a disproportionate share of the money that the French government spends on music. Boulez has influenced the design of the flexibly configured concert hall at the Cite de la Musique, La Villette, which will become the new site of the Paris Conservatory of Music in 1989. He is also vice president of the board of the new Opera Bastille, which will become the home of the Paris Opera...
When it comes to the size of his portions, the avid French gourmet usually avoids the gargantuan in favor of the petit. The merest taste of his favorite cuisine, he reasons, ought to be sufficient. No more. Last week French chefs banded together to challenge the world record for the longest buffet. The result of their labors: an 846-ft. table filled with an appetizing array of food. The creation was unveiled during a Mardi Gras celebration at the World Tourism and Travel Show in Paris and offered dishes representing all the departments of France, including the Indian Ocean island...
...dirty work for him. One delivery boy, Apache (David Harris), has already fallen prey to Gypsy's ugly side: having dared to take a cut of his action, Gypsy strikes back, hunting Apache down in his car in an inferior version of the chase scene from The French Connection...
Nguyen now lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attends a small private boys' school and takes Calculus, Physics, French, English, and Computer Science. He restarted his school's chess club, and hopes to continue playing in college. But most of his extracurricular time is not spent at the University School...