Word: french
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Mulroney's triumph brought to a close an eventful chapter in Canadian political life, the era of Pierre Trudeau. He came to symbolize Canada not only for Canadians but for the rest of the world, often to the delight of his countrymen. At a time when the French-speaking province of Quebec noisily threatened to secede, Trudeau blunted the menace with bilingual reforms. Toward the end of his tenure, however, Trudeau was increasingly perceived by Canadians as having overstayed his welcome. Many felt that the Prime Minister had grown bored and petulant, and that the Liberal Party had become...
...rich dessert, but a hair-styling foam, mousse is the headiest new performer in the $3 billion American hair-care market. Since French cosmetics giant L'Oréal introduced Free Hold to U.S. stores only last December, several brands have been rushed into what could be a $100 million first-year market. Some Los Angeles distributors are having trouble meeting the demand. Says Dallas Stylist Paul Neinast: "Everybody from high school kids to women in their 60s and 70s is using it. Tons of men are using...
Chemistry is the key to mousse's effectiveness. In the late 1970s L'Oréal scientists were searching for a combination to hold hair firmly without the stiffness of sprays. They discovered a foam (mousse in French) that could deliver two substances-one for body, one for manageability-which textbooks described as incompatible in a mixture. Some doubters claim the breakthrough is just a lot of air to puff up the cosmetics market. A few users complain that mousse leaves a residue and makes hair pack down. Millions of fans, however, swear by it. Carol...
...aggressive Pegasus by James Croak, featuring a stuffed horse with paper wings crashing through the metal roof of another '63 Chevrolet; The Bicentennial Welfare Cadillac by James Roche, decked out with mirrors and flags; and Ghetto Blaster by Scott Prescott, an Impala converted into a menacing gray tank. French Sculptor Arman has a towering indictment: his Long Term Parking piles 60 cars on top of one another and embeds them in concrete (MOCA shows a model...
...Bashir, who was killed in 1982 before he could assume the presidency; of a heart attack; in Bikfaya, Lebanon. He helped found the right-wing Phalange Party in 1936 to protect the interests of Maronite Christians from submergence by Islam and a year later assumed its leadership; he fought French colonialists, Muslim rivals, Christian competitors, Syrians and Palestinians, and he survived several assassination attempts. In the 1960s he held various Cabinet posts, and for the past five months, he had served in the "last chance" government of national unity. His death deprives Lebanon's Christian minority of its most...