Word: jeanings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Christian Dior had a very strong influence in all categories of life," says Jean-Luc Dufresne, the exhibition's curator. "He was not only a leader of fashion in the '40s and '50s, but he was very influential in artistic life between the wars." Dior started off as an art gallery owner, exhibiting the work of Neo-humanist and Surrealist painters such as Christian B?rard and Salvador Dal?...
When the Convention on Climate Change was ratified 12 years ago, substantive adverse impacts of climate change were still largely hypothetical. This is no longer the case. Some climate experts like Jean-Marc Jancovici have come to believe that terms like global warming or climate change fail to convey the seriousness and urgency of the problem—what we are experiencing is truly climate shock. It is time to develop aggressive national energy plans that reduce our economic dependence on fossil fuel. In addition, we must begin serious planning for adaptive measures that will be needed to minimize harmful...
Punch and Judy have nothing on Jean-Pierre and Dominique, France's pugilistic conservative politicians. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and his Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin have long discounted press reports that de Villepin is after his boss's job. But last week the gloves came off when de Villepin took to the radio and declared that France needed new policies and direction - and indicated he'd be available to provide that leadership, confessing he was one of those "who all their lives prepare to fulfill missions." Change, he said, should "take ... into account the feelings, hopes, and frustrations...
...with the French railways. The high-speed TGV train can now do the 660-km trip in just three hours, about the same as flying if you include early check-in times and travel to the airport, and has been offering one-way fares as low as €38. Jean-Cyril Spinetta, the chairman of Air France, says that airport taxes on that route alone come to €51, so there's no way airlines can compete on price. "Is it legitimate that this can happen?" Spinetta asks, pointing out that the French national railway continues to receive huge subsidies...
...couture collections that Dior presented in the decade before his sudden death from a heart attack in 1957, and creations by his successors, including Yves Saint-Laurent and John Galliano, the house's current creative director. "Christian Dior had a very strong influence in all categories of life," says Jean-Luc Dufresne, the exhibition's curator. "He was not only a leader of fashion in the '40s and '50s, but he was very influential in artistic life between the wars." Dior started off as an art gallery owner, exhibiting the work of Neo-humanist and Surrealist painters such as Christian...