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...their view, it is no accident that fairy tales with wicked stepparents, like "Cinderella," can be found in every culture. The French even have a proverb for this: "Quand la femme se remarie ayant enfants, elle leur fait un ennemi pour parent" (The mother of babes who elects to re-wed/Has taken their enemy into...
...thought it was fascinating; you're able torelive history and the spirit of Longfellow," saysPatricia J. Leur, from Long Beach, Calif
Cracked an indignant French diplomat in Washington: "Mon Dieu, que faut-il faire pour leur plaire? Se prostituer...
...pleased to observe that the plot of this picture, adapted from his short story The Vessel of Wrath, greatly resembles that of Rain, with genders reversed. Thus, though Ginger Ted eventually undergoes a slight regeneration, the missionary's character is completely revolutionized, while the poor contróleur gets a reward usually reserved in the cinema for knaves...
...usual Royal Assent to the Money Bills passed by Parliament was intoned in archaic Norman French: "Le roi remerci ses bons sujets, accepte leur bénévolence et ainsi le veult!" ["The King thanks his good subjects, accepts their benevolence (grants of money), and so wills...