Word: talleyrand
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...lack the strategic vision of Bismarck or the tactical genius of Talleyrand, but French President Nicolas Sarkozy is clearly drawn to the endless challenges of foreign policy. His rising popularity in France suggests that a majority of French citizens are pleased with their President's diplomatic record. They enjoy his charismatic presence on the world scene, reinforced by the beauty and distinction of his wife, Carla Bruni. Sarkozy's audacious Union for the Mediterranean summit in July 2008 in Paris, and his high visibility in his current six-month stint as President of the European Council, stand in striking contrast...
...prestigious Théâtre Marigny. The play, a Freud-meets-Dali folly that Malkovich first mounted three years ago with his home troupe at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater, is his directorial debut in French. He's also getting broader exposure playing the cynical and snakelike statesman Talleyrand in a miniseries on Napoleon currently running with great fanfare on French television. The role requires Malkovich to ooze the delicious malevolence he has made his signature, most memorably as Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons. In person, though, Malkovich is nothing like his scary screen personas. "I'm not the least bit cynical...
...then Talleyrand, no mean social observer, said that what is exaggerated doesn't count--a remark that applies perfectly to Davis' comments. Stanley H. Hoffmann Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France
Perhaps one of her graduates will become a latter-day Careme, the incomparable 19th century pastry chef to Talleyrand. All it would take is the right proportions of diligence, talent, eggs, butter and sugar, and perhaps a short prayer to St. Honore, patron saint of bakers...
...19th century, Europe maintained a hundred-year peace partially because the European monarchs left foreign policy up to civil servants who knew what they were doing. Men such as Castlereagh, Talleyrand, Metternich, and Bismarck maintained the Concert of Europe without excessive interference from their superiors. Today's leaders should learn from that example...