Word: parise
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The Russian Federation is part of that community too. The idea that an enlarging NATO can contribute to Russia's own long-term security--which the alliance leaders firmly believe--is, to put it mildly, not self-evident, certainly not to the Russians (or, for that matter, to critics of...
DIED. ANNIE FRATELLINI, 64, France's first female clown, who founded the nation's first circus school; of cancer; in Paris. Under the Big Top, few could match this funny lady's pratfalls or pedigree: she was descended from circus entertainers of the 19th century.
Two of the long stories in Women with Men (Knopf; 255 pages; $23) are related by place and similar characters: a pair of befuddled middle-aged Americans in Paris. Both Martin Austin in The Womanizer and Charley Matthews in Occidentals are profoundly obtuse about females. But their lack of clear...
Charley Matthews is in Paris because he is a molester of sorts. He left his wife for a former chorus girl and then wrote a cheesy though popular novel that turned his ex-spouse into the injuring party. His French editor wants to publish the book, which the not-too...
DIED. JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU, 87, prophet of the depths; in Paris. Cousteau co-invented the Aqua-Lung, the first scuba-diving device, in 1943. Weightless and wide-eyed, he recorded the watery wilderness he encountered in The Silent World, a 1953 best seller and Oscar-winning documentary. He aspired higher...