Word: parise
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I have had intermittent success applying the technique to my most chronic addiction: chess. George Steiner is right that chess is ultimately an entirely useless, self-referential experience, but telling yourself so is of no use because it is also totally absorbing. During, say, a 10-hour binge of speed...
The weight of the past anchors both operas. Born as an operetta and filled with nostalgia for the glorious frivolity of second Empire Paris, La Rondine at seems like a frothy escapist fantasy composed in the shadow of World War I. The opera's interest stems from the emotional counterpoint...
Elvis is alive, well and living in Paris.
'How embarrassing,' I cringed. How terribly humiliating for Americans everywhere that the Elvis Club of Hoboken, or some such place, should go gallivanting through Paris dressed in leather jackets, sporting pompadours and blue suede shoes. I hoped they would not notice that I too was American. I prayed that they...
Just 24 hours after French officials ordered five alleged American spies to leave the country, the affair has become mired in France's own presidential politics. Today, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe -- a supporter of conservative candidate Jacques Chirac -- said he was "scandalized" by the leak and ordered an investigation. Interior...