Word: parisian
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...threw it away like a cavalryman on a binge. He was acutely conscious of lineage and tradition. The art of the past, one might say, became De Stael's absent father. He began his public career as an abstract painter and backed into figuration, thus annoying a number of Parisian critics who prided themselves on their advanced taste...
...about a trip to Paris during which he had made handwritten notes in the margin of one of his memos. While negotiating a deal with a French businessman, he noticed that the Frenchman had a photocopy of the memo, handwritten notes and all. Asked how he got it, the Parisian sheepishly admitted that a French government official had given it to him. Because of such incidents, U.S. officials began a quiet effort to warn American companies about the need to take special precautions when operating in France...
...recall not only one's own past but that of all Paris through its cafes. Both Robespierre and Lenin plotted revolution in Paris cafes; Hemingway and Joyce wrote in cafes; impressionism has been described by historian Roger Shattuck as "the first artistic movement entirely organized in cafes." Parisian cafes are not just places that serve food and drink but places to meet friends and talk and work and make deals and read the papers and watch life passing...
Hemingway and Joyce wrote there; impressionism sprang to life there; Robespierre and Lenin plotted there. Where? In the grand and glorious old Parisian cafes, bien sur. The times may have changed, but the moveable feast continues...
Forget the awful American title that defaces this effervescent French comedy. Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed suggests the species of snickering sex farce that runs forever in Parisian and West End theaters. Coline Serreau originally named the film after her two star-crossed lovers: Romuald and Juliette. That title is simply fine...