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...more attractive: better quality, smarter design, less need of servicing, speedier deliveries than can be made by many European competitors, who are already working at full capacity. In many cases, American manufacturers offer goods that Europeans only recently realized they wanted. Barbecue grills and gadgets are selling fast among Frenchmen, who have lately discovered le week-end opportunities for le camping, le barbecue, and le pique-nique. And just as affluent Americans buy Pucci blouses or Rolls-Royces, Europeans have taken to choosing imports for the status appeal of a "Made in U.S.A." label. Says French Planner Pierre Mass...
...about to seize power in many parts of France. They made up a great part of the Resistance, and no one could fault them for their courage during the Occupation. De Gaulle realized that only by appearing as an utterly uncompromising, incorruptible leader could he win the confidence of Frenchmen and stave off a Communist takeover...
...poule asked, "Is that a game for middleaged men?", to which Frankie glared redly, "Say that again and I'll smash your face in." She didn't, but the pack routed the rabble anyway with drawn knives, a gin bottle and a couple of clubs, leaving some Frenchmen thinking wistfully: Quel dommage the Bastille was ever torn down...
...reality of an object? Is it correct to speak of the lessons of the past? Is liberty of judgment compatible with the necessity of truth?" As word spread to 80% of the local students and to Nice, Corsica, Toulon and Paris, the price dropped to $30. Many Frenchmen found the questions more interesting than the scandal, and abstruse discussions could be heard all over town...
...Sarajevo. The flamboyant demotic art of the poster captured this society in the first blush of its romance with technology and the full flush of its well-fed, self-confident romance with itself. Brimful of retrospection, a Paris exhibit covering the 1870-1914 flowering of poster art is making Frenchmen misty-eyed with nostalgia over the good, inexpensive, uncomplicated, sensuous old days...