Word: parise
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"We have to differentiate between racism and xenophobia," says Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the leftist leaders of the student revolt in Paris in the late 1960s, who now heads the city multicultural affairs office in Frankfurt. "I would deny that the Germans are more xenophobic than other countries."
Every month brings new controversy. A school expels two Muslim girls for wearing head scarves, sparking a national debate over religious freedom. Hundreds of youths, mostly Arabs, riot in a suburb of Lyons over charges of police brutality. Off-duty paratroopers attack Arabs in Carcassonne, injuring five. "There's an...
As soon as a tourist steps onto the replica of a Montgomery bus, a prerecorded voice will emanate from the vicinity of the mannequin behind the wheel. "All right, you folks, I want those two seats," the facsimile driver will say. "Y'all better make it light on yourselves and...
London: William Mader, Anne Constable Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower, Edward M. Gomez Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson, Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: Robert T. Zintl Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite...
The prehistoric Lascaux caves in France's Dordogne region were closed in 1963 because the presence of tourists was destroying the 17,000-year-old paintings on their walls. Now Lascaux II, a replica built nearby in 1983 to give visitors a sense of the Cro-Magnon artwork, has become...