Word: representated
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It is true that, over the past few years, for those who do not speak our language, it has been the silent artists of French culture who have hit the headlines: the mime artist Marcel Marceau, Jacques Cousteau, our choreographers, our circus acts. They represent our quiet resistance to the...
-- France, and Europe in general, represent an extraordinary breeding ground for culture and probably contain the greatest density of creators and thinkers in the world. Michel Serres, René Girard, Julia Kristeva and others are accepted as authorities in many American universities.
-- The U.S., despite appearances, is not the only country with influence in the cultural field. The case of French architecture is an obvious example. When Paul Andreu builds the National Grand Theater in Beijing, when Jean Nouvel has projects in Brazil or Jean-Michel Wilmotte in the gulf states, when...
The problem, however, is that Wyoming may declare for no clear favorite of its own on Jan. 5. Jan Larimer, Wyoming's national-level state committeewoman, who will lose her own 2008 convention seat under the RNC penalty, says, "It would be nice if we had a winner. I have...
The first woman and first African American to represent traditionally conservative Indianapolis in the U.S. Congress, Julia Carson was a bit of an anomaly in Washington. She did not graduate from college, wore big hats and liked to call friends and constituents "baby." Yet in 1996 the Democrat won her...