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...Long before the official midnight showtime, those who know are pulling on knee-high boots and leopard-fuzz bikinis. My friends and I came prepared, mostly. Between us we had a French maid apron, lace-up ankle boots, and a dress which ended, depending on one’s walking speed, somewhere around the crotch...
Vaillancourt’s defense also evolved, and the French-Canadian transformed herself into a threat everywhere...
...When French Justice Minister Rachida Dati on Monday ordered an appeal to a court decision annulling a Muslim couple's marriage on the grounds that the wife had lied about being a virgin before the wedding, the acclaim was almost universal. The ruling's logic - essentially creating the legal concept of chastity fraud - was widely seen as an attack on women's rights that undermined decades of progress on sexual attitudes. The lower court's ruling seemed as well to have put Muslim religious concerns above France's strictly secular laws. But for the woman whose public repudiation sparked...
...crises of this week help illustrate the paradox that is France; the volatile parliamentary government which crowns an economically healthy nation. According to Assistant Professor Stanley Hoffman, who teaches a course in French government and society, the present republic may not have effective power, but it knows how to protect itself and rebuff crises. The past days have seen Gaillard survive several...
...much in the Tunisian dispute, decided to remain, at least temporarily, in the ministry. And at the same time, President Habib Bourbguiba of Tunisian reaffirmed his ties with West and indicated that he might compromise on several of the demands he has made as a result of the French bombings of Sakiet-Sidi-Youseff...