Word: french
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...March issue of New York. "There was a great debate in the 19th century between observation and imagination. Observation was seen as tainted, and Balzac was dismissed as a mere observer," he says, referring to the fact that Balzac was never elected to the elite literary organization, the French Academy, while most of his contemporaries were...
...French Academies of yesteryear have transformed into the harsh scrutiny of academics in today's literati scene. To be truly accepted, a writer must be intelligent, as well as amusing. What a writer needs for inclusion in the haughty ranks of literature is substance, not style. Otherwise, it's mere journalism for you--and the "j" is said with a spitting noise, a guttural indictment of inferiority. Wolfe's critics call him a mere chronicler of the times whose attention to detail has caught our fancy, but maybe not for long...
...honorary members: Ellen H. Goodman '63, Gordimer, Professor of History and of Women's Studies Olwen Hufton and Muriel Snowden '38. And the Alpha chapter elected eight men: William V. Binger '38, Michael R. Dilland '63, Avram J. Goldberg '51, John C. Harkness '38, Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures Juan Marichal, Bishop Methodius, Thomas W. Rush '63 and Simic...
According to the contacts, the arrangement was that Ghorbanifar would help bring the hostages home just in time to ensure Premier Jacques Chirac's victory in the French presidential election last month. Then, after Chirac won, Ghorbanifar would receive the backing he needed to regain his status as a world-class businessman. But Chirac was defeated in the election, and Ghorbanifar once more found himself out in the cold...
Nevertheless, according to those to whom Ghorbanifar spoke, the Iranian is now saying he came away from the hostage transaction with millions of dollars in fees from the French, a claim that is hotly disputed. "Manucher can barely make rent these days," says a relative. Chirac has denied making payments to free the hostages. A member of the Chirac camp well briefed on the hostage case called Ghorbanifar's story a "big fat joke...