Word: haussman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...upon any one who stands up to make a "remember Lafayette" or "hands across the sea" speech. Emblem of the order is an obelisk which stands on the club table at luncheon, symbolizing all the wisdom of the world in its hieroglyphics. T. N. T. meets at the Royal Haussman Hotel except Sundays and Thursdays, when the American Club of Paris performs. Membership, 150. Dues: 100 francs annually...
Winterhalter started long at the graceful bevy of women, and then reluctantly turned back to the canvas before him. Haussman cut great swaths through the Hutter of Parisian slums. A man called Offenbach sat back in his box watching he world dance to his thinking melolics. Some where off in a back room a cynic with a long nose was muttering, We dance, but we dance upon a volcano. In such fashion did the Second Empire sweep through...
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