Word: oui
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...sexually explicit magazine "Oui" did appear in The Crimson until the late seventies, including Seidman's year as president...
...piece of flesh." Moviemaking, though, is hard. Here a crew is in Sarajevo to film an adaptation of Alfred de Musset. The Bosnian war, its carnage everywhere evident, is reflected in the rancor of the filmmakers. An actress must try, hundreds of times, to say the word oui correctly; the accountant refuses to sign any more checks. At the end of the war, and the end of the century, are we near the end of our rope? One man thinks so. "When I look at the sky," he says, "I only see what has disappeared." This could be Godard, musing...
EVEN THOUGH FRANCE SAID OUI TO THE MAAStricht treaty on economic and political union, its voice was not hearty enough to still the turmoil in Europe. The majority for approval in last week's referendum was a sliver-thin 51%, which simply highlighted the doubts among ordinary citizens about the rapid course of European unification. Paris and Bonn still hope the treaty can go into effect by the end of the year as planned, but it seems unlikely that all 12 members of the European Community will be able to approve it by then...
With a strong French "oui," the other EC members could have, perhaps, forced Denmark to change its mind. But with discontent appearing in a number of countries, no thinking person seriously believes the Danes will change their minds unless the treaty undergoes serious revision. Furthermore, Britain won't even consider the treaty until the Danes are satisfied...
Secondly, the leaders failed to acknowledge how much fear Germany still inspires in Europeans. For instance, both sides in the French debate on Maastricht used anti-German arguments to bolster their cause. While the "non" side argued that France should not get in bed with a German dominatrix, the "oui" group argued that France should not get in bed with a German such "German demons" (as former Prime Minister Michel Rocard put it) could only be controlled by a tight embrace...