Word: ouvert
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...election to the august French Academy, established 325 years ago by Cardinal Richelieu to safeguard the purity of the French language, was Novelist Paul (Ouvert la Nuit) Morand. At 70 he was suitably ancient, with his Scott Fitzgeraldish novels of the '20s had more claim to literary distinction than many of the "immortals" already in the academy. But he had also been Pétain's envoy, first to Rumania, then to Switzerland...
...Paul Morand, high-toned novelist (Ouvert la Nuit; Fermé la Nuit), became Vichy Ambassador at Budapest, then at Bern-where he prudently remains...
...Morand allows readers to see him, a suave and casual Prospero, waving a wand which resembles a swagger stick. He wishes readers to understand how little effort it has caused him to be referred to as the polished Parisian diplomat, as the brilliant, the famed, the witty author of Ouvert la Nuit, Fermé la Nuit and many a shorter turn in the smartest smart-charts...
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