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Article: Toast, fries, and kisses: Everything is better French.(OPINION)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Walter Rodgers
Paris -- For any Americans out there with a lingering distaste for all things French, a holdover from the Bush era perhaps, it may come as a surprise to discover France is rated a considerably better place to live than the United States.
True, the French government and the US have had a history of political disagreements, but now it's time for the Americans to move on. The French already have.
There is much to admire about the French, not just food or the Cote d'Azur. In its annual quality-of-life listing, the United Nations' Annual Report ranks France as the seventh most desirable country to live in - six spots higher ...