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...criticism that I share, I've always tended to say something insulting about the other person's country in return. (This may be the sort of thing the career counselors had in mind when they said the diplomatic corps was not a realistic option for me.) If a Frenchman expresses his inability to understand why Americans eat so much frozen food, I can be counted on to steer the conversation around to the wartime behavior of Vichy France...
...tussle for bronze turned out to be an unexpected test of strength as well. In fifth place following the short program, Frenchman Philippe Candeloro, 25, an international heartthrob of the Lorenzo Lamas school, won his second consecutive bronze in the Olympic games, keeping Todd Eldredge, 26, the five-time U.S. national champion, from medaling...
...period's spreading economic chaos, which had set the stage for Hitler. The organization today operates from a headquarters in Washington only a few blocks from the White House, which alone makes it suspect in the eyes of some countries. Its top executives include managing director Michel Camdessus (a Frenchman) and first deputy managing director Stanley Fischer (an American). They report to a 24-person international executive board. The IMF staff is small--just 1,100 professionals, including 759 economists--only one-fifth the size of its sister agency the World Bank, which was established at the same time...
...middle-aged Frenchman, his country's most successful director, has not made a "French" movie in 20 years. Instead, he roams the world, immersing himself in far-off cultures and eras, testing his curiosity, artistry, endurance. The films that emerge from his researches are quests (Quest for Fire, The Bear, The Name of the Rose); their creation is always an adventure and often dangerous. "The rougher the situation," says Brad Pitt, who stars in the director's latest epic, "the happier he is. The wind's blowing at 90 m.p.h., there's dust in your eyes, bombs going...
...some basic things," she said, "but no official simulations or the actual spacewalk ? none of that's been approved by NASA yet." The twice-delayed repairs are now scheduled to begin July 24, less than two weeks before the Mir's replacement crew, composed of two Russians and a Frenchman, is slated to launch on August 5. Foale, whom the Russians have suggested is not only able but very willing to help, may have convinced his cautious superiors on Earth to give him a little space...