Word: merci
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...decades, the French have relished any opportunity to mock Americans for their supposed childish Yankee puritanism when it comes to matters of sex. These days, though, France is experiencing its own blush of youthful prudishness as an entire generation of younger French women says "Non, merci," to the summer tradition of topless sunbathing...
...Peter Mayle and Ridley Scott have portrayed so well can be experienced by anyone who wants it badly enough. In ways big and small, the French joyfully share their country's beauty, culture, food and wine with anyone who comes here with an open mind and heart. A big merci beaucoup to both Scott and Mayle. Diane Lifton Saignon, France
...music concentrator in Cabot House. “I wouldn’t even consider my piece an opera,” says Lim; “It’s more of a theatrical vocal piece.” Her opera, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci,” is based on a series of poems by Keats, and requires only two singers and a string quartet. Wang, a senior in Mather House, says his opera, “Technical Support,” is inspired by frustrations sparked by a broken printer, and articulates those...
Thank you, danke, grazie, merci, gracias for your excellent coverage of immigrants [SPECIAL ISSUE, July 8]. Variety is the spice of life; vive la diffrence! May this country continue to be the great melding place of the world's peoples. Patrick D. Bosold San Anselmo, Calif...
...interviewed the President in March 1993. The interview was essentially over as soon as they asked about the boiling scandal over the wiretapping. "The Elysée listens to nothing," Mitterrand said before excoriating the journalists. "I didn't think one would stoop to such a vile level. Merci, this [interview] is over...