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Thursday, July 27, 2006
Defining the meaning of "precision".
Apparently, the fatal strike that killed the four UN observers was a hit by a “precision-guided weapon” (here too). Either those weapons are not so "precise" or the strike was intentional. The irony is that precision-guided bombs are said to be sent by the US to Israel, as we were posting yesterday.
Somewhere beneath all the inane clichés that politicians and the media bandy about, there lies a true Franco-American relationship that stems from a deep appreciation and fascination with each other's language, culture and society. This is where we live, below the radar, exploring the mundane, finding pleasure in the details, and sharing our passion for another culture with our students. We are educators, teaching English in Paris and French in Boston. Trained and training at the Sorbonne and Harvard, respectively, we choose here to let our café conversation spill out onto the sidewalk. Others should feel free to eavesdrop or join the conversation through comments.
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