Word: horreur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Times and tastes change in 31 years, though. The fabulous Baker boys can't pack 'em in like they used to once upon a time and, facing the possibility of having to take (Quel horreur!) day jobs, they decide to hire a singer...
...first chain, named Croissanterie, was kneaded by Jean-Luc Bret, 34, a former marketing manager for one of France's largest breadmakers. His aim: to "seduce women and children who hate going into restaurants alone." Jean-Luc's rolls-horreur!-are dipped in chocolate or flavored with coffee or stuffed with bananas, Roquefort cheese, mushrooms and a dozen or so other fillings. They are delivered frozen to the stores, and thus come from the oven as mushy as supermarket bread. Even so, the Croissanteries sell 50,000 rolls a day, plus Seines of soft drinks and coffee...
...horreur, l'horreur: Les Canadiens sont morts. --Un Habitant...