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...that Europe is now classified as a bargain. Only two years ago, travelers needed bundles of money for Britain and most Continental cities. London is now only 6% more expensive than New York, while Rome is 17% cheaper and even Paris is 3% less costly than New York. Vive la différence...
...idea is real. Or at least Robert L. Kingsbury thinks so. As director of the department of military and veterans affairs Robert in Los Angeles, he has espoused a novel civil defense plan: selecting "priority evacuees" now according to "their value to the society that would sur vive a nuclear strike." Kingsbury's high-priority evacuees would include "the young and physically fit, skilled specialists of all sciences, and a well-balanced labor force." In case of an attack, the healthy and talented would hit the road, while the aging and slow-witted would presumably stay behind, making sure...
Armani works hard on details to make this man-tailoring feminine, and has no patience with notions of unisex dressing ("I say, 'Vive la différence,'don't mix the sexes"). Indeed, his women's clothes are sensual without being overtly sexual, just as his men's wear maintains a certain roughed-up panache, whether it is meant to be dressy or sporty. He has also been warring against what he calls "suit slavery," pushing toward a time "when you make your own eclectic and very subjective definition of style. A suit...
...become the best shared asset in France." Promising that he would be President of all the French, regardless of their political views, Mitterrand concluded: "To all French men and women beyond this room and beyond this palace, I say: Let's have faith and confidence in the future. Vive la République! Vive la France!" Only once did the impassive-looking President allow himself a show of personal emotion. Pausing in the handshaking that followed his speech, he wrapped his arms around Mendès-France, bringing tears to the venerable Socialist's eyes...
...what would in any case not have been heard, remained unsaid." Yet the writers part with good feelings all around: "After this, none of them would feel quite so isolated." They set off for then" different destinations, still harboring the dream of all poets, that they will sur vive through their words and works, that they "will mingle with eternity." Grass exposes their vanities and weaknesses, but he also, lovingly, perpetuates their hope...