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Understand France and the French

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France awards new “palace” label to top hotels

ByPaulMay 5, 20112 min read

I guess we all needed to be able to turn the hotel amp up to 11, which is essentially what…

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Paris bid to ban SUVs?

ByPaulDecember 29, 20102 min read

Those French, so logical and practical, yet so infuriating to the American sensibility of freedom and waste. Ten years after…

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Good news/Bad news – no more smoking outside French cafés

ByPaulSeptember 23, 20101 min read

Well, no more heaters that allow folks to sit outside and smoke. Paris is moving to ban outdoor heaters at…

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What’s the deal with the Rentree this year?

ByPaulSeptember 1, 20101 min read

Paris has been deserted until today, the last day before school officially starts. In other years, we noticed an increasing…

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Standards versus diversity in top French schools admissions – NYT

ByPaulJuly 1, 20104 min read

The movement to more aggressively change admissions standards and affirmative action strikes at the very heart of what France is…

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Can you believe this inflation in Paris: postage, gas, electricity

ByPaulJune 30, 20102 min read

Wow! This is like post-war inflation, just when the European economy can least afford it. When I see 10-!%% increases…