Word: parise
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The projects have been designed, financed and carried out by the state, drawing on the expertise of the private sector but relying heavily on the leadership of specialized civil servants. All involve large state-run companies and secretive interlocking bureaucracies where public scrutiny is limited. All are controversial. The nuclear...
Among the grands projets, none is more spectacular than the high-speed TGV (train a grande vitesse). Since the TGVs first went into operation between Paris and Lyons in 1981, cutting travel time in half (to two hours for the 290-mile trip) by averaging 168 m.p.h., they have carried...
How can a people so certain of their birthright be disoriented? More to the point, how can the French feel lost when France has emerged as the master builder of modern Europe? Not since the mid-19th century, when Baron Haussmann thrust his boulevards through rancid slums, has Paris experienced...
At the moment, their aplomb seems to be deserting them. Judging by opinion surveys and diagnoses in the press, a country that long prided itself on being the lumiere du monde is awash in dark soul searching. The French are said to be fed up with politics and politicians. There...
The French, in short, seem to be losing their bearings, their ideals and dreams. It is a bitter vintage, all the more so considering how high expectations were running. Just last year France looked well placed to become more than the center of gravity of a newly ascendant Europe. By...