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...Three years later, the Furlauds left Big Sur for Switzerland and then Paris, where Furlaud became NPR's first Paris correspondent...
...Paris, Furlaud would rarely report breaking news stories for NPR or the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), which also aired her pieces. Instead she mainly reported feature-type stories--a staple of NPR in what Furlaud calls its former "eccentric days...
...piece disgusted some listeners enough to send letters refusing to ever contribute to NPR again--a source of pride for Furlaud...
...However, Furlaud had one favorite day to report for NPR: April Fools Day. She was a regular contributor to All Things Considered's April 1 feature of running an invented story. One year she suggested apiece about how Sadam Hussein's son was vacationing on Cape Cod, while on spring break from his New England boarding school--an idea rejected for even being over the top for an April Fool's story...
...While she may have left France, she has not left her radio career behind. She continues to contribute stories for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday on subjects ranging from the Big Dig to etiquette for the Presidential Inaugural Ball...