Word: ponte
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...regular basis.The true Italian in me was determined to dislike the French from the moment I stepped into the living museum that is Paris. After a week of spontaneous picnics in the Jardin du Luxembourg, afternoon jogs beneath the Eiffel Tower and walks at dusk across the Pont Neuf, I told my dad over Skype that Paris would be the most amazing place in the world if we could just get rid of the French. He suggested that such negativity was perhaps not the key to optimizing my experience, so I tried hard to change my tune. Yet, amidst...
...beginning its transformation from a medieval town to a modern capital of the arts—immerse the reader in the landscape Liebniz came to love. Moreover, Nadler connects the architectural elegance to the philosophical eloquence that developed there. He opens one chapter with a vision of the Petit Pont, a bridge between the Left Bank and the Île de la Cité: “It is a nondescript bridge, nothing like the magnificent Pont Neuf that runs all the way across the narrow west end of the island and over to the Right Bank...
...first touch, the Crimson stole the ball. Sophomore Katherine Sheeleigh took the ball up the right side of the field and booted a beautiful pass to junior Kelli Okuji, who met the ball on the left side of the box. She blasted a shot past diving Tiger goalie Alyssa Pont for her first goal of the season. “There was definitely a feeling of excitement and anticipation before the game,” co-captain Nikki Rhodes said. “After the first goal, we felt that a lot of pressure had been taken...
...probably not all that fair to employers, but it's become the rule," Guichard acknowledges. Meanwhile, with the Paris stock market booming and France's leading companies posting enviable profits, Guichard feels little sympathy for bosses complaining that pont weekends are picking their pockets. "How can companies complain too much about a few days lost to ponts when most in France are more profitable than ever...
...begin with the Victory Day celebration on May 8 will now extend itself all the way to the following Tuesday morning. French lovers of such five-day "viaduct" weekends had better savor this one, however: in 2009 all May holidays fall on either a Friday or Monday - making even "pont" construction impossible. And in 2010 and 2011, they'll on turn up on weekends, redefining May as the cruelest month, not for bosses, but for their staff...