Word: vive
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emotions that bicycling inspires in France have little to do with transportation or exercise. For priests, market-bound peasants, bankers who would sooner pedal than be chauffeured, bicycling is a way to dream and drift in dignity, to twirl life like a long-stemmed glass of Alsace wine. "Vive le vélo, un ami de l'homme" proclaims an affectionate Norman toast: "Long live the bike, a friend...
...presidential motorcade made its way through the jammed, flag-draped streets, great crowds of people pressed close to her limousine for a glimpse. A 101-gun salute shook the city and was all but drowned out by the rousing cry, "Vive Jacqueline...
...Proverb and Other Stories, by Marcel Ayme. The Mephistophelian French moralist illustrates his conviction that art and life tug in different directions, and celebrates that tension with a gusty Vive la différence...
...Proverb and Other Stories, by Marcel Aymé. In this batch of short stories, the Mephistophelian French moralist illustrates his conviction that art and life tug in different directions, and celebrates that tension with a gusty Vive la différence...
...Vive la Différence. In this and other tales in this short-story collection, Marcel Ayme propels the reader down Alice's rabbit hole into a strange and satirical wonderland full of the perverse intractabilities of human nature. They illustrate his conviction that art and life tug in different directions, and celebrate that tension with a gusty "Vive la différence...