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Linguistic Sin. French zeal to avoid all this is rooted in feelings of national identity. French until recently was the world's diplomatic language. Only 65 million people now speak it as a first language; less than one-fourth of the U.N.'s 111 member nations still use it in debates. Franglais is spreading so fast, argues Parisian Linguist Alain Guillermou, that U.S. French teachers may soon have nothing to teach. Guillermou calls for a national commission to police Américanolatres on the ground that Franglais is not only a linguistic sin but is also...
...committing the sin of hubris (overweening pride), the Fates toppled the heroes of ancient Greece. Last week Greek voters defeated the most successful Premier in the country's history, handsome, hard-driving Constantine Karamanlis, who had shown more than a touch of hubris when he said in a campaign speech: "The true political leader does not need the people. The people need the true political leader...
...Many are saved from sin by being so inept...
...first thing the first couple did after committing the first sin was to get dressed. Thus Adam and Eve started the world of fashion, and styles have been changing ever since...
Lemmon plays the lecherous landlord of the Centaur Apartments, a fellow who rents only to women and has a key for every lock. The minute he sees the heroine he starts weaving Lemmoniacal schemes to lure her into his "sin bin," a flat with blood-red wallpaper, passion-pit living room, bed about the size of Luxembourg, and two Murphy violins that hideaway in a closet and at the flick of a switch pop out and play...