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Newyork
Will the French Olympic Team Be Best Dressed at the Opening Ceremony?
Carine Roitfeld teamed up with Berluti to sprinkle some fashion fairy dust on the designs. Here’s the verdict.
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Newyork
America Was Once the Country Begging Richer Allies for Help
Even before they declared their independence, it was clear to the American colonies that in their struggle against Great Britain they would need a wealthy benefactor. The colonies were desperately short of men, money and materiel. There was little by ...
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World
Airdrop by Jordan and France Underscores the Urgency of Gazans’ Need
Jordan and France airdropped food and other humanitarian aid into Gaza on Monday, bringing a modicum of desperately needed assistance to Palestinians facing looming famine as aid groups warned of growing restrictions on their ability to distribute ...
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Newyork
Alfred Grosser, Champion of French-German Reconciliation, Dies at 99
A German-born Jew who became a French writer and activist, he devoted his life to healing the divide between two historic enemies after the trauma of World War II.
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Newyork
David Bouley, Influential New York Chef, Dies at 70
At restaurants like Montrachet and Bouley, he channeled French nouvelle cuisine to create the New American style.
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Sports
Quebec Still Longs for Its Lost Hockey Team, a Nationalist Symbol
Ever since the Quebec Nordiques decamped in 1995, leaving a hole in the Francophone city, vote-seeking officials have vowed to bring them back. But younger voters may be starting to forget the team.
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Books
‘The Three Musketeers’ and the Joy of Old-School Blockbusters
With its practical effects and broad-minded approach to story, the French franchise revives the pleasures of earlier movie spectacles, but with a Gallic twist.
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World
An Abandoned Cemetery Highlights a Painful Colonial Episode for France
Nestled amid the vineyards in a picturesque region of southwestern France known for its sweet wines and goat cheeses is a fenced-off parcel of thorny, empty land, mostly avoided by nearby villagers other than the few who walk their dogs there. The ...
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Newyork
Michel Ciment, Eminent French Film Critic, Is Dead at 85
He helped define cinema as high art for generations of moviegoers and filmmakers in France and beyond, even if he irked some of them with his passion for Hollywood.
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World
How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.
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