Word: parisian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...expanded into the dress field, has now become Mexico's arbiter of fashion. He has 78 workers and turns out an average of 1,000 dresses a year. Some of his inspiration comes from Mexican sources (his materials are made by Mexican weavers), but his designs are mainly Parisian...
...heard exchanging tips on both in Urdu, Sudanese, Hindustani or Cambodian. But from under the toppers and turbans in the grandstand comes only an occasional listless Allez! or Vite!; it is across the turf on the grassy reaches of Longchamp's infield that the passion of Parisian racing is concentrated...
Michel: I am not of American origin, nor of British. I am French, Parisian as well. And, my dear Citizen of the World, I do not believe in buffoonery. Do you know the meaning of the word? It is something like what a little dog does, but not quite. France has given you privileges. That is the way France...
Even more, he loved to make money-and hang on to it. According to one story, he once invited Parisian celebrities to a post-premiere feast at Larue's, ordered the finest food and wines. When the assemblage had cheered him, he had the waiter bring each guest a separate check...
...Other Parisian hosts, however, had little time for such sentimental regrets. This year's tourists might be better behaved than the old, carefree variety, but during the 1949 season they had flocked to France almost 3,000,000 strong to swell the nation's economy with $195 million worth of foreign exchange and provide the biggest tourist year since 1927. Every Sunday for two months 25,000 gawkers had shuffled through the Palace at Versailles to gape at the Sun King's old splendors. The Eiffel Tower had not had so many visitors since 1889. Bus tours...