Word: petits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little children and one for big) to choose their breakfasts and have all the orange juice they can drink. After that there are only two compulsory activities: morning calisthenics and participating in one sport. The latter may include swimming, horseback riding, bicycling, fishing or kayaking in the nearby Petit Morin River, as well as more strenuous games such as soccer and tennis...
...University, is one of the few government leaders who regard Arabic as their first language. Even so, when Algeria's boss -wearing coat, tie and shirt in contrast to the open-neck military khakis of his guest-appeared in public with Castro, he looked more like a French petit bourgeois than an Arab revolutionary...
...Funny and Cruel. Latter-day readers with almost Proust-like patience have even counted the number of images contained in Remembrance of Things Past -4,578. The Master himself has turned into a series of literary images, perhaps at the expense of his own work. There is le petit Marcel in his fur-lined greatcoat, posed like a sad Charlie Chaplin. Or running from salon to salon: the funniest and crudest young man in any room. Or crouched motionless before a rose, as if he could devour it and the whole world just by looking. Finally attention is drawn...
Defendant's Language. Jury selection is one of their special concerns. Said Baltimore Judge Joseph C. Howard: "We found there were professional [white] jurors serving six and eight times a year." As a result of Howard's prodding, black representation on petit juries in Baltimore has moved from 5% to 50%. Judge Howard and three black colleagues have also led a movement to reform the bail system. Today three times as many Baltimore defendants are released on their own recognizance as three years ago, when Howard was sworn...
Several hotels have closed or soon will do so. El Miramar and Le Petit Miramar shut down last summer. In March, the 52-year-old Condado Beach, San Juan's oldest luxury hotel, was closed with startling suddenness; guests arriving for breakfast were told by desk clerks to clear out immediately. Carrying their own luggage-the bellhops had been dismissed-the tourists tramped...