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| | Around and About Paris, France 6th arrondissement, Thirza Vallois |
 | | In fine weather, the terrace of the Deux Magots, at the foot of the medieval church tower of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, overflows with a medley of locals and tourists from the four corners of the earth. |
| | Here in 1899, when the retrial of Alfred Dreyfus unleashed vehement passions throughout France, the virulent Jew-hater Charles Maurras, Léon Daudet, son of Alphonse, and others founded l'Action Française, a movement and a magazine of unspeakable virulence, which prepared the ground for what was to come four decades later. |
| | And although many Americans had to content themselves with a dingy hotel room with no running water, up a steep staircase, the sense of freedom, away from puritanical America, the colourful streets overflowing with abundant, cheap food, and the sense of comradeship provided by the smoky cafés largely compensated for those shortcomings. |
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