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FIRST NAME |
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LAST NAME |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Adam |
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Gopnik |
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Author. |
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Martha |
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Gopnik |
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Adam's
wife. |
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Kepi - a French military cap with a
flat top. Also warn by police. |
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Insouciance - a casual lack of
concern. |
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Phillipe |
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Adam's
cousin. |
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Roland |
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Barthes |
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Adam's
friend. |
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Luke
Auden |
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Gopnik |
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Gopnik's
son. aka: Luca. |
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Tetchily - easily irritated. |
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Alain |
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Juppé |
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Prime
Minister of France. |
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Enarque - A graduate of the Ecole
Nationale d'Administration. |
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Keiretsu - an informal business
group. |
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Bruno |
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Cotte |
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Paris
District Attorney. |
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Banlieue - a suburb of a large
city. |
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Bernard |
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Thibault |
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Secretary
General of the cheminots union. |
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Nisha |
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Shaw |
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Babysitter. From Sri Lanka. |
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Bernard-Herni |
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Lévy |
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Philosopher. |
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Arielle |
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Dombasle |
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Lévy's
wife. |
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Carte de sejour - French residency
card. |
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M. Jerome |
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Meyssonier |
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Bank
President. |
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Viviane |
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Forrester |
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Author. |
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Laurent |
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Joffrin |
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Editor of
the publication - Libération. |
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Nicole |
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Wisniak |
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Adam's
friend at Egoiste Magazine. |
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Phillipe |
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Starck |
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Product
designer. |
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Marie |
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Gopnik
neighbor. |
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Edouard |
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Gopnik
neighbor. |
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Mme. |
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Glardon |
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Pastry
shop owner. |
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Serge |
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Klarsfeld |
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Nazi
hunter. |
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Papon |
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Vichy
functionary. On trial. |
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Maurice |
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Sabatier |
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Papon's
boss. |
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Maitre |
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Varant |
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Papon's
lawyer. |
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Philippe |
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Seguin |
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Gaullist
party leader. |
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Metier - an honest trade or
profession. |
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André
Leon |
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Talley |
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Fashion
Editor |
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Honor |
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Fraser |
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Clothes
model. English. (see Links for view) |
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Olivier |
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Lapidus |
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Clothes
designer. Known for solar-paneled jacket. |
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Christian |
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Lacroix |
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Clothes
designer. |
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Karen |
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Mulder |
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Clothes
model. (see Links for view) |
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David |
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Angelot |
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Arpége
Restaurant worker. |
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Alain |
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Passard |
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Arpége
chef. |
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Pascal |
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Barbot |
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Arpége
sous chef. |
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Antonin |
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Careme |
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First
great cook. |
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Augiste |
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Escoffier |
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Famous
cook. |
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Eugenio |
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Donato |
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Adam's
friend. A food expert. |
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Mille-feuille - a rich desert. |
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Jean-Philippe |
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Derenne |
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Food
author. |
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Francis |
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Desarthis |
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Chief
Puppeteer. |
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Deloudre |
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The
Balzar Restaurant part owner. |
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Bucher |
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The
Balzar Restaurant primary owner. |
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Lorenzo |
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Valentin |
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Leader of
group to "save" the Balzar. |
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Alice |
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Waters |
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Owner
Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, CA. |
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Helene |
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David-Weill |
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Director
Musee des Arts Decoratif at the Louvre. |
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Christian |
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David |
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Le Grand
Vefour maitre d'. |
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Dr.
Pierre |
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Bitoun |
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Luke's
pedeatrician. |
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Swimmy |
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The
school goldfish. |
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Agnes |
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Gopnik's
Paris friend. |
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Richard |
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Gopnik's Paris friend. |
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Claude |
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Blanchot |
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Another
Save Balzar leader. |
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J.P. |
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Quélin |
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Le Monde
food critic. |
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Olivia
Esmé |
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Gopnik |
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Gopnik's
daughter. |
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Cresida |
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Luke's
friend. A girl. |
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Ada |
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Cresida's
friend. |