Race, in France as in the United States, is a perpetual source of confusion and discomfort; to address it is always, in some way, to get it wrong.
Last year, they built a swimming pool, of no interest to the well-to-do in their blue-pooled villas (on this island where water is a perpetual source of worry) but a wonderful lure to families on a budget and to local Paxiot families, too.
He was a cherished friend to us, and his dedication to our piano was a perpetual source of inspiration.
And since this is a movie aimed at an audience for whom the grosser bodily functions are a perpetual source of laughs, it vomits them up again.
The museum's finances have been a perpetual source of concern, even as it has paid hefty salaries to its top executives.
If differences among civilizations are a perpetual source of rivalry and a potential source of wars, then a group of people whose loyalty to their own culture is attenuated is likely to be worse off relative to other groups.
The city and its tempestuous motion -- its bus drivers, cashiers, pretzel vendors, street talkers, dog walkers -- were a perpetual source of renewal to Mrs. Gornick, a "working-class toughie from the Bronx," in the words of her daughter, the writer Vivian Gornick.
The continued presence of the militias, known as the FDLR, has been a perpetual source of tension between Congo and neighboring Rwanda, and the deal to finally disarm them could be a step toward solving one of Africa's most intractable conflicts, some analysts say.
They have magically cured boredom as we always have something to do — those endless feeds of content are a perpetual source of inspiration, information and amusement.
It's likely, though, that Jackson will become a fixture on the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities ranking because the lucrative property rights on his music will be a perpetual source of income, unlike a one-time auction.
Purchased by the city in 1965, the grounds had been made into a public park, but the house and its lovely terraced gardens were a perpetual source of conflict.
