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...when the student demonstrations exploded in March, Paris Match ran a thrilling cover photo of two young people locked in a dance-floor embrace in front of a cordon of riot police. But behind the scenes, more quietly and with no discernible romance, France can and does also say oui. For every rock-throwing protester posing for TV cameras outside the Sorbonne, there is a polished technocrat in an anonymous office patiently pushing the modernization envelope. The changes those technocrats can institute are limited, less sweeping in scope and slower to take effect than grandiose political programs, but they...
...whole to-do is an elaborate tea party of sorts, where mother and father have provisioned the youngsters with fancy dresses and lace, cucumber finger sandwiches (crusts off, mais oui) and have steeped the tea for them. All the aspirant sophisticates must do is pour...
...oui voters are not amused. Last week, the no camp surpassed the yes bloc for the first time, 51% to 49%, in a poll asking French respondents how they will vote in the May 29 referendum on the proposed E.U. constitution. The yes tally has decreased dramatically, from a high of 69% in December and 63% late last month. Stéphane Rozès, deputy director general of CSA polling agency, which conducted the survey, says growing resentment over government reform, rising unemployment, falling spending power, and the E.U.'s effort to liberalize the service sector could further mobilize...
...could not just say it and make it so. There was a cultural and musical divide to cross that seemed as wide as the Caribbean Sea, and not nearly as warm or inviting. Marley's bandmate, Peter Tosh, once complained to Oui magazine "The devil created disco, telling black people to 'get down get down' all the time. But I man seh to black people 'Get up stand up for your rights...
...told me to take off for two days, but I got a doctor's certificate to extend it. The guy threatened to fire me. He said, 'You know what's going to happen!' I said, 'No! What?' It was funny." A decent drummer, Gondry was in a band called Oui Oui and started making videos for the group. These caught the eye of other artists, and launched a career creating visual accompaniments to music by Björk and the Rolling Stones, and more recently, Beck and the White Stripes. He "doesn't rely on technology or gimmicks," says Beck...