Candy had parked her bike against the wall and squatted down next to Sylvie.

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"They are a Latin people, " says Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette, author of "Paroles de Presidents" ("Sayings of Presidents").

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In March, Pascal and Sylvie de Sarthe brought a branch of their flagship Phoenix, Arizona gallery to Hong Kong.

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The relief she felt when she realized that Sylvie had not stolen anything new was always tempered by disappointment.

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That award went instead to French actress Sylvie Testud for Lourdes, in which she plays a wheelchair user visiting the titular Catholic shrine.

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But Sylvie did not often let her daughter get that close.

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Giving up on the door, Sylvie came to the kitchen window.

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In the morning, Sylvie was gone, along with the television.

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What she remembered most about her mother was the patchouli scent of her skin, underneath which hid a more elusive, dirty smell, an odor that Candy yearned to excavate whenever Sylvie was near.

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My sincere condolences to Sylvie and the family.

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Even during the times when she was living at home, when she swore to Marjorie that she was clean, and Marjorie decided, all pinny-eyed, fidgety evidence to the contrary, to believe her, Sylvie kept herself apart.

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Sylvie yelled, pounding on the door.

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