"Sign this," he said in French, sliding a piece of paper across the desk.
The closest thing to an art installation that the mall in my suburban town ever had was a stuffed french fry slide, with a hamburger play gym, and a milk-shake-turned-play-house which you could hide in when your parents were trying to drag you away from this oversized Happy Meal wonderland.
7. The French walnut Sliding Door Console is 73 inches long, 20 inches deep and 27 inches high; $9,600 from Hudson Furniture, 433 West 14th Street (11th Avenue), (212) 645-7800 or hudsonfurnitureinc.com.
The Cameron government ruled that from 2014 all children aged 7-11 must reach some proficiency in a foreign language, which is good news, but French will increasingly slide.
A contemporary caricature of Berlioz leading the Requiem showed him at the podium, surrounded on all sides by double basses, tubas, phantasmagorical slide French horns and a cannon caught at the moment of detonation.
Separated from the great room by sliding French doors is a living room with slate floors.
Olympia Le-Tan, a French handbag designer, slid through the shadows wearing a rubbery black ensemble with dominatrix leanings.
Not only is it impressively spacious and – with its lift – accessible to wheelchair users, but the cabins have sliding French windows opening on to the river.
Jack Kennedy of Markit said: January's flash PMI data signal a very disappointing start to 2013 and add to concerns that the French economy is sliding towards recession.
