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May 22nd, 2016 by Jeffrey Marx

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How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Marcel Proust At the turn of the 19th century, three celebrities of their day reigned supreme in the uppermost crust of Paris. These three women, Madame de Chevigné, Straus, and Greffuhle, are important […] Posted in Culture, Books
La SNCF confrontée à une forte augmentation des suicides sur les voies Les suicides sur les voies sont en forte augmentation, presque deux par jour en octobre en France, des drames humains qui se doublent d'un défi logistique pour la SNCF: limiter pagaille et […] Posted in Opinion

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