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Canadians, especially those outside French-speaking Quebec, were understandably irate back in 1967 when French President Charles de Gaulle stood on a balcony at Montreal's city hall and encouraged the province's then violent separatist movement with his cry of "Vive le Quebec libre ((Long live free Quebec))." Until President Francois Mitterrand arrived last week, no French chief of state had set foot on Canadian soil since then...
...counterpart at A.B.T. The two Soviet-exile superstars joined French-born Actress Leslie Caron in a nostalgic recreation of dances from her movie musicals. The evening's host was another symbol of Franco-American cooperation, Gene Kelly, who starred in An American in Paris with Caron 35 years ago. Vive l'ensemble...
...essentially uniform approach to music, no matter what its provenance. But the rise of original instrument groups, working in a repertory that now extends from the Middle Ages to the early romantics, has gloriously revealed the crucial distinctions that separate, say, Mozart and Haydn from the 19th century. Vive la difference...
That was asking too much. As the significance of the day's events sank in, tens of thousands of people in Port-au-Prince chanted jubilantly, "He flew away; he flew away!" Others proclaimed, "Vive America!" and waved the Stars and Stripes, as well as banners of red and blue, the colors of Haiti's flag before it was replaced in 1964 by Jean-Claude's father and predecessor as President-for-Life, Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier...
...their favorite brands than Anglos do. But selling to them, experts warn, requires more than translating ads into Spanish. Attention must be paid to cultural and linguistic nuances. Example: the slogan "Catch That Pepsi Spirit," translated into Spanish, had an overly physical intonation. The company accordingly urged Hispanics to "Vive el Sentir de Pepsi" ("Live the Pepsi Feeling...