Word: frenchness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just the Finns' phones we fancy. The Swedes use theirs to pay utility bills. The French use them to check flight schedules, reserve hotel rooms and scan the traffic along Le Peripherique. This month marks the birth of the mobile video phone. Where? Japan...
...wine and the French paradox of people eating huge quantities of saturated fat yet having low rates of cardiovascular disease: Alcoholic drinks, especially red wine, when consumed in moderation can possibly be protective. Red wine contains flavonoids that are very strong antioxidants. They exert protective and prophylactic effects. As the French and others who eat a Mediterranean diet usually consume wine with their meals, the flavonoids can begin their protective action just as the fats are entering the bloodstream. PAULA MONTEIRO CABRAL Porto, Portugal...
...year-old woman dubbed "Madame Loire" by the French press, this is a sacred duty. The Loire is France's longest river--630 miles from its source in south-central France to its estuary on the Atlantic--and one of the most historic. Generations of French kings built their most beautiful chateaus in the temperate Loire Valley. It is home to some of France's most prestigious vineyards. The wetlands around the relatively shallow, meandering river and its tributaries provide a rich habitat for hundreds of species of birds and other animals; eel, trout and Atlantic salmon ply the waters...
...ELEANOR] Went to finishing school in England where all classes were in French...
DIED. AARON LAPIN, 85, inventor of Reddi-wip; in Los Angeles. Lapin--nicknamed Bunny (his last name means rabbit in French)--introduced his aerosol canister of cream in 1946. Within five years, the former clothing salesman was a millionaire...