The Economist: The decline of the abstract noun. What a reduction in abstraction says about the new France: “Of all the novelties of France under President Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the more arresting is the decline of the abstract noun. In the past, no French leader would make a speech without liberal doses of destiny [...]
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Nicolas Sarkozy and the decline of the abstract noun
December 14th, 2007
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Le running du Président
July 5th, 2007
Times: More Rimbaud and less Rambo, critics tell sweaty jogger Sarkozy “Is jogging right wing?” wondered Libération, the left-wing newspaper. Alain Finkelkraut, a celebrated philosopher, begged Mr Sarkozy on France 2, the main state television channel, to abandon his “undignified” pursuit. He should take up walking, like Socrates, Arthur Rimbaud, the poet, and other great [...]
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