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Article: The last time I'll see Paris.
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- National Review
- Article date:
- March 9, 1984
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THE LAST TIME I'LL SEE PARIS
"AGH! AU SECOURS! Cette Argent me frappe encore!' I stare out my hotel-room window down onto the rue de l'Universite. Sure enough, the U.S. dollar is trashing another Frenchman. Thocko: hard cash. On my bed table the stack of travelers' checks has fattened itself overnight again. Up from 8.25 francs per buck to 8.5. Tipped the maid yesterday and found out I'd bought her by mistake. Well, who can believe in this Frog crepe paper anyhow? Reminds me of the stuff you'd roll a nickel bag reefer in. And what ridiculous size: it's stick out of my wallet like some fat man's shirt-tail. If there were a thousand-franc note, you could ...
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