You’re competing at Wimbledon, so you haven’t gone home to China since you won the French Open. What do you expect the reception to be?
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Bidding Adieu to France
Re “Why they leave France” [April 16]: There is a typically French disease that prompts citizens to overcriticize the country. Those judgments are, most of the time, merciless and exaggerated
India’s Beer, Wine and Spirits Market Sees Demand Boom
Steven Spurrier was in Mumbai but thinking of Paris.
OECD Report: How to Measure Life Satisfaction
Society At A Glance 2009 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 132 pages The Gist: If you’re looking for another reason to hate on France, you might check out the latest report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Milestones, Jun. 9, 1952
Died. Eugene Jolas, 55, New Jersey-born author, poet, and cofounder of the avant-garde Paris literary review transition; of acute nephritis; in Paris
Hôtel le Bristol: Paris Doesn’t Get More French
If you retraced the footsteps of Angelina Jolie and Marilyn Monroe, George Clooney and Charlie Chaplin, their paths would cross at Paris’ Htel le Bristol, lebristolparis.com.
The Visual Power of Voodoo Statuary
For many people, voodoo calls to mind raving witch doctors and dolls bristling with needles. But given our fascination, and voodoo’s lurid position in popular culture, it is surprising that the extraordinary sculpture of voodoo’s African birthplace has never been seen in a major exhibition
1848 vs. 2011
Like North Africa and the Middle East today, continental Europe in the 1840s consisted of monarchs ruling impoverished masses who were suffering acute economic distress.
Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
By my watch, the takeoff roll for Air France flight 380 lasted 35 seconds.
French court convicts Church of Scientology of fraud
A French court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology and six of its members of organized fraud, but stopped short of banning the church.