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Her father was a parvenu who used to be a bon vivant and the enfant terrible of his clique but became a laissez-faire entrepreneur in the entrepôt business and then accepted a post as a chargé d'affaires, which entitled him to a UN laissez-passer, (working to improve detente, and rapprochement with the ancien régime), though he remained a bit of a roué, having an affaire with the au pair.
This week's obligatory opining on Issue 2-- l'affaire Lewinsky --centers on the upcoming grand jury testimony of Linda Tripp.
The NYT editorial page restates its position on l'affaire Lewinsky --Clinton's a jerk, but jerkiness isn't cause for removal from office--and backs Byrd, calling his proposal "a just way to bring this tormented case to a close."
The oversight is not the result of an effort to avoid downbeat or offensive sides of Degas, but rather a failure to understand the seismic shift in French society caused by "l'affaire ." Photography and French nationalism were also linked in Degas' mind.
The WP notes a media consequence of l'affaire Lewinsky: a rebound for conservatively oriented talk radio.