Whereas Mr Stora's points of reference for the war are usually French and often cultural (he notes the blossoming of French cinema and the opening of the first supermarkets), Mr Wall's are international and geopolitical.

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The plugin supports German, Spanish, and French, but Stremor notes that the world wide web is still more like a wild wild west.

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"The eighth notes are not even, " Mr. Haas told her, emphasizing a core principle of French baroque playing in which the player gives unequal values to notes that look the same on the page.

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But the revolution in military robotics does have an Achilles heel, notes Emmanuel Goffi of the French air-force academy in Salon-de-Provence.

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"The French, when they work, are quite productive--in production per hour they are second in Europe to Norway, " says Favre, who notes that the most productive French workers will likely get the most overtime.

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Heath notes that the wee bit of time the wine spends in French oak adds a bit of rich roundness, which nicely tames the bracing acidity.

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