Word: parise
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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He tried in Moscow, Marseille, Paris, Naples as well as Berlin, cities whose textures and pungencies he focused with astonishing force in his writings. Thirsty for experience, Benjamin became a passionate stroller-observer who conveyed the impression that the streets bent to meet his oncoming perceptions. His pieces about Europe...
The Paris--841 Boylston St.--Carnal Knowledge, 1:30, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10.
Said the inconsolable chief curator of the Versailles Museum, Gerald Van der Kemp: "There has never been an attack on Versailles since the reign of Louis XIV." The palace, which is located about twelve miles west of Paris, had remained unscathed during the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870, as well...
On Jan. 4, 1960, on a road southeast of Paris, a car lurched out of control and crashed into a tree. The driver and two of his passengers were injured; the fourth was killed instantly. When news of the tragedy emerged, the only appropriate word was one that the dead...
Given this pugilistic stance, this unwillingness to cut his conscience to fit the reigning Paris fashions, it is not surprising that Camus became a figure of global controversy. It was a difficult role to assume; he struggled with it until his death, aware that any political or artistic statement would...