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However, before the Crimson editors pat themselves on the back for fighting oppression, they should turn to page eight of the April 26 issue of their newspaper. There they will see a half-page advertisement for Pernod liquor, featuring a suggestively-clad woman propositioning the reader "Voulez-vous Pernod with...
...most daring assignments in the annals of international skulduggery. They checked into a midtown Manhattan hotel, spent much of the next few days watching the CBS Evening News in their rooms, and then fled the country as quietly as they had come, their mission accomplished. The mission? Figurez vous! To capture Walter Cronkite...
...Rendezvous--Holyoke St. Interesting Vietnamese cuisine mixed with standard burger-and-grinder stuff. The sandwiches at the 'Vous are fascinating: it's a real challenge to make your way through all that lettuce to find the advertised meat, but life is full of such little adventures. The burgers are definitely better, the standard American entrees are standardly satisfying, and the prices are low enough to keep the fans coming back for more. The 'Vous also boasts the best pinball arcade in the Square, although late at night the fans sometimes get a bit over-excited about the way Fate...
...first visit to Algiers, De Gaulle sent a cheering mob of colons in the Forum into near ecstasy with his celebrated opening words: "Je vous ai compris" (I have understood you). To the pieds noirs, it was a sign that De Gaulle accepted the idea of Algérie Française - and perhaps at the time he did. Yet to the dismay of the army and the fury of the settlers, De Gaulle eventually concluded that Algeria would have to be sacrificed for the greater glory of France...
...even disruptive. Too quick first-naming is like stepping into that critical distance within which an animal will attack a trespasser. The French still maintain fairly rigorous distinctions between tu (for animals, children up to 15, family members, close friends, lovers and, in some cases, professional colleagues) and vous (for everyone else). The same rules apply for first names. Many cultures have developed wonder fully elaborate forms of address to delineate relationships, to mark their progress. Russians, for example, can open successive doors of intimacy through a marvelously tender procession of diminutives: Ivan Ivanovich, Ivan Ivan'ich, Ivan, Vanya...