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The contretemps comes just after the two countries re-established diplomatic relations.
Until curators and critics manage to convince the great unwashed that beauty and skill are irrelevant (or even antagonistic) to art, we will have these contretemps every year or two.
What may have been the larger philosophical questions behind these contretemps?
TIMOTHY: What, you mean the Manchester United ace given to contretemps with footballing authorities and fits of Gallic pique?
Two interesting fallacies are debunked by this little contretemps.