Word: frenched
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...could be approved by referendum later this year, would make the presidential term coincide with that of the parliament. This would presumably reduce the likelihood of cohabitation, since the elections would probably be held on or near the same date, and it would be unlikely, but not impossible, for French voters to choose a President and a parliamentary majority from different political families simultaneously. But it could also transform the monarchical-style presidency envisioned by De Gaulle into that with a chief executive more like a U.S. President. Thus, politically, as well as socially and economically, France seems...
...recognizing unmarried couples and a requirement that parties field equal numbers of male and female political candidates--to argue that evolutionary change is possible. Skeptics say Jospin has merely done the easy stuff while skipping the tough state reforms. And in the back of every mind is the French revolutionary tradition that has proved time and again that leaders who try to ride roughshod over an angry populace do so at their peril...
...taken in promoting European military cooperation and in defending European economic interests. France's strategy of using Europe to enhance its own clout--and counterbalance America's overwhelming power--demands the kind of changes that Jospin's government is trying to make, even as it offers the proud French a new forum in which to practice their tenacious belief in France's own special destiny. Plus ca change, one might say, plus c'est la meme chose...
...Even without an educated palate, I can tell the difference between a 72% Madagascar and a 72% Venezuelan bean," sniffs Pierrick Chouard, owner of the American subsidiary of Michel Cluizel, a French chocolatier that puts a genealogy of its cocoa beans inside its gift boxes. In the U.S., the Colorado-based Chocolove takes its cue from another prestige consumable and sells a chocolate humidor, a cedar-lined box that protects the candy from the elements. Its president, Timothy Moley, can tell "whether or not the beans were ripe, whether they were fermented and cured properly and how long...
This luxurious yet affordable ($24.95) coffee-table book showcases the comics. Well edited, it ranges from a French novella to lovely reprints of the 1930s Sunday color strip Gasoline Alley...