Article: Book Learning

Book Learning

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005 By JAMES GRAFF

SCHOOL WORK: Barbara Lefebvre, right, and Eve Bonnivar, authors of Eleves sous Influence

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Listening to these kids talk, an American might be tempted to think they attended some Middle Eastern madrasah or had been reading Noam Chomsky. "Sometimes you get the impression the Americans want to be masters of the planet, and that they're only in Iraq for the oil," says Constance Pluviaud, 17, before class last week. "Her friend Julien Cothenet, 18, chimes in: "They don't have the right to decide for the whole world on the basis of sheer power."

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Article: How the Petite Eat

How the Petite Eat

Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 By ANDREA SACHS

MIREILLE Guiliano, a French exchange student, eagerly rushed toward her father, who was waiting on the dock. Guiliano was returning home after an eventful year in the U.S. Her father coolly assessed his beloved daughter as she approached. "Tu ressembles ?? un sac de patates[You look like a sack of potatoes]," he told her flatly. Crushed, Guiliano, then 19, knew exactly what he was talking about. Living la vie am??ricaine, full of brownies and chocolate-chip cookies, had won her an American figure, padded with an extra 20 lbs. A return to the Continent and French habits quickly cured the problem.

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News story: Most Obnoxious Tourists? The French

Most Obnoxious Tourists? The French

Friday, Jul. 04, 2008 By BRUCE CRUMLEY / PARIS

A poll reveals that the French are now considered the most obnoxious tourists among Europeans.

Henrik Sorensen / getty


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(French and Italians aren't going to fare well if they keep holding to that mindset of language insularity, against the backdrop of the globalization of languages and individual mobility. --double_take)

News story: Disabled Models: A UK Reality TV Hit

Disabled Models: A UK Reality TV Hit

Friday, Jul. 04, 2008 By WILLIAM LEE ADAMS / LONDON

Contestants with disabilities in the new BBC program, Britain's Missing Top Model.

Todd Antony / BBC

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