Word: parise
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The last time I saw Paris
Will the time come when an American songwriter, seeking to capture the essence of France, pens a lyrical ode to Le Burger King or McDonald's? Will the Hemingways, the Sartres and the Picassos of the next century debate ideas while dining out on le hamburger and le Coca-Cola...
Early in the century, France counted roughly 300,000 cafes for 38 million inhabitants, according to Robert Henry, head of the cafe section of the restaurateurs union. Today, he laments, the number has dropped to 62,000 for a population of 58 million. Over the past decade, bistros have gone...
MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam; $14.95). In Mama's boardinghouse, little Mirette is surrounded by famous acrobats. None is more attractive than M. Bellini, a tightrope walker who has suddenly lost his courage. Mirette can restore it, but only if she accompanies him on his...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis...