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"savoir faire" Definitions
  1. the ability to behave in the appropriate way in social situations

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He had no savoir faire; he was smug about it.
Japanese savoir-faire of old and new vintage is on display.
I am putting all my savoir-faire on the line. Why?
It conveys immediacy, material reality, improvisation as well as flamboyance and glamour, savoir faire.
"We want to protect these little companies with enormous savoir-faire," Mr. Pavlovsky explained.
"He had the savoir faire to give the doorman a $20 bill," he said.
" I responded with my usual savoir faire: "But I don't know anything about investigative reporting.
Rather than sounding gravely wounded, the first movement had reserves of noir-film savoir faire.
These complementary angles enable us to extract synergies between venues and pool our savoir-faire.
Moore was one of those golden humans, whose personality and savoir faire were impossible to resist.
In France, the seat of savoir-faire, tales of custom commissions can take your breath away.
He had once demonstrated a certain savoir faire while killing two gangsters at the behest of Patriarca.
Baccarat had a strong heritage but needed a new strategy that integrated its savoir-faire into today's lifestyle.
The ever-dapper Ptonomy digs into his various quarries' memories with the suave savoir-faire of a mutant James Bond.
Now the brand has a legal entity, SJ La Manufacture, to lend its "savoir faire" to other brands needing a hit of stripes.
" Scott Longfellow, the director of D'Days, an annual design festival in Paris, said, "What is interesting is Karen's relationship to Lebanese savoir-faire.
Our reporter Jeremy W. Peters just published a story about Bloomberg's efforts to punch up his savoir faire over the past few months.
But the story illustrates the lengths to which heritage houses such as Maison Lesage will go to protect their savoir-faire and heritage.
In 2010, intending to spotlight its heritage and exceptional savoir-faire, the mint began asking the best craftsmen in France to produce limited-edition coins.
Mr. Fauchère said he paid his workers nearly twice the minimum wage, and passes on his savoir-faire to give them skills for continued employment.
The items that have been selected are "dedicated to the savoir faire, the artistry of the house," said Karine Hugenaud, Chaumet's conservator in charge of exhibitions.
But in a political town, where warring lawmakers might both be breaking bread at opposite tables, Nuschese says serving up a bit of savoir faire is critical.
"It was a French solution to a French problem: the need to protect our savoir-faire," Romain Lescroart, president of Sophie Hallette, said by phone from France.
The composer, a scion of one of the most ancient and distinguished Jewish families of Provence, produced a brand of Gallic savoir-faire that was a multicolored phenomenon.
I believe that, in beginning this investigation of these ornamented kebab window fronts and their illustrations, I did not expect discovering the savoir-faire and dedication manifested by Iman.
Many operations, like Le Guignol de Paris, inaugurated in 1892 in the Buttes des Chaumont park, are run by the descendants of marionettists who passed down their savoir-faire.
Only the darker, more indeterminate art of Robert Rauschenberg — here represented with merely one lithograph "Landmark" (1968) — challenges with some no-logo savoir-faire that pop regime of seeing.
Anthony Dawson, current vice president of the New Haven NAACP and chairman of the New Haven Police Commission, remembers not just the Flaming Knights' charity but also their savoir-faire.
Mayaro's abiding mission is precisely that — to showcase the artisans and crafters behind luxury products that demonstrate a distinctly French savoir-faire — and the focus is predominantly on items for men.
He doesn't have anything exceptional in terms of gear, but he has a real ear, a true savoir-faire, and above all a patience, humility, and dedication that makes all the difference.
There is plenty of art to see now in the nation's capital, but three exhibitions stand out: Bill Traylor's iconic drawings, Dawoud Bey's haunting portraits and the savoir faire of Senegalese women.
"Callas lacked the savoir-faire to put things together at that time," said Anna Gastel, Luchino Visconti's niece and president of the MITO annual international music festival held in Milan and Turin.
It's about a style of dance and a style of clothes, a kind of skhothane-lite, reveling in the sartorial as status symbol and dance skill as a measure of township savoir faire.
With Ferry's savoir-faire, wordplay, and desire—not to mention a formidable performance by John Gustafson, one of Roxy's many bassists—"Love Is the Drug" became a glamorous nightlife adventure and their biggest hit in North America.
"We must know where we come from to know where we're headed, to tap into the past to support new design projects, to use the new means of communication to convey the old savoir-faire," he said.
"I shouldn't think so," I replied, looking around at the formality of the patrons, who were studiously ignoring both the jazz band and the waiters, as if displaying any interest might betray a lack of savoir-faire.
Dr. Quy had a "unique combination of scientific acumen and savoir faire," said Professor McElwee, the author of "Forests Are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam," a history of the country's 20th-century forestry policy.
"The Ritz is a symbol of savoir-vivre and savoir-faire, the right place for us to provide some visibility on our creations," Mr. Reza, 42, said during an interview in the house's salon, just steps away.
The clammy end-stage Rudolph Giuliani currently butt-dialing reporters and nodding out in cigar bars certainly fits with Trump's careening personal sloppiness and unseemly thirst for attention, but trades Trump's plummy savoir-faire for spittle and sozzle.
It's part Grecian draping, part French savoir-faire, and 100% stunning — especially since the wind played a huge part in giving the dress major movement and creating a dramatic photo no matter what angle the dress got snapped in.
Songs like "Savoir Faire" and "Go Baby Go" maintain that feel of a disco beat being administered by heavy machinery, while Ditto's voice dances around cool guitar licks and sassy lyrics ("Don't waste your time on a man who won't commit").
Last month, Dior introduced a chunky, new square bezel to its round-dial couture gown-inspired Grand Bal collection, essentially creating a larger canvas to show off its diamond-cutting savoir-faire with 64 baguette-cut diamonds combined with 127 round-cut ones.
This week in Paris, to celebrate his 25th anniversary in the business, the affable Italian decided to step out from behind the velvet curtain and team up with the luxury glassmaker Baccarat to create a collection of 15 limited-edition shoes with couture-worthy dazzle and savoir-faire.
This year Les Journées Particulaires will put special emphasis on the transmission of savoir-faire, and there will be a variety of master classes, like a barbering workshop with Acqua di Parma, and a session on the art of custom-made dress shirts with the British brand Thomas Pink.
He'll be visiting Torien — little more than a 16-seat counter — twice a year, but it's run nightly by his disciple, Yoshiteru Maekawa, who has the same savoir-faire with char, crunch, sinew, succulent meat and charcoal (a rarefied sort, imported from Kishu, Japan) that makes good yakitori so transcendent.
"We're bringing together people close to the DNA and savoir- faire of a festival known for its special creations, this time with a Quincy Jones evening and a Brazilian-African night, but also the young generation like Woodkid, inviting his own guest artists" he said, referring to a French singer-songwriter and video director.
The young chocolate company is run by the 28-year-old Edwin Yansané, a curious and well-traveled chocolatier who set out to build upon the French savoir-faire in chocolate-making by incorporating spices, herbs and various ingredients from other cultures, many of which are already part of the fabric of the city.
Her predecessor, Michelle Obama, often had dresses altered to her specifications — and wore an Atelier Versace chain mail couture gown to her final state dinner with then-Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi — but couture is a sector unto itself, rooted in French history, unabashedly elite, and symbolic of what is known with pride as "savoir-faire," or know how.
Working with the mills of her childhood communities in the north of England (her audience sat on enormous rolls of fabric brought in for the occasion and surprisingly comfortable; all the producers were credited in the show notes) — the kinds of businesses that could be under threat if and when Britain leaves the European Union — she celebrated their vocation and gave it transcendent form, demonstrating just how relevant these traditions and savoir-faire can be, and how much would be lost if they were left adrift.
Savoir-faire Linux is working towards a free world, through the development of Free Software. The team of 100+ consultants share the same values, while focusing exclusively on these technologies. Ring and SFLVault are two examples of projects led by Savoir- faire Linux. Savoir-faire Linux has gained recognition in Quebec by making the provincial government accountable for its IT practices.
Started in 1999 in Québec, Savoir-faire Linux is specialized in open source software and digital electronics. Savoir-faire Linux is one of the largest open source companies in Canada. Headquartered in Montreal, the company has Canadian offices in Quebec City, Ottawa, and Toronto, as well as two French offices in Paris and Lyon.
Hugel & Fils: Savoir-faire, Tradition and Quality, accessed on June 11, 2009 The Hugel family are members of the Primum Familiae Vini.
Klondike Kat (voiced by Mort Marshall) is an anthropomorphic wildcat Mountie. Klondike is always in pursuit of Savoir-Faire (voiced by Sandy Becker), a French-Canadian mouse who constantly steals food and is known for his catchphrase, "Savoir-Faire eez everywhere!" Savoir-Faire is accompanied by his sled dog Malamutt, who at times, plays the violin as well as the piano, is strong enough to bend steel bars (to break his boss out of jail), and has ears that can detect trouble outside, when Klondike Kat is in its presence. Malamutt's only sounds are a whimper or a growl.
Keen to enrich its savoir-faire, the L’Epée Manufacture started producing platform escapements for prestigious alarm clocks and carriage clocks from 1850. This was a key turning point in the company's development.
Before becoming an ambassador, Gioia served as the president of Gioia Macaroni Company and as Chairman of the National Pasta Association.Shapiro, Walter. "A diplomat gets by without savoir-faire". USA Today, June 21, 2001.
Suede's biographer David Barnett remembers the day when they did a test-run of "Savoir Faire" with Osborne at the trial sessions. He recalls being offered a crack pipe by two of Anderson's friends.
Cannes Workshops is a program of workshops and conferences led by industry experts from all over the world invited to Cannes to share their cinema savoir-faire and give updates on the current trends in film production, financing and distribution.
Savoir Faire was built in Amsterdam in 1932. It originally carried cargo in the Netherlands and Belgium. During World War II, it served as a troop carrier. It was converted to a hotel barge in 1976 and now serves as a hotel barge.
He started his career in St. Louis and moved to New York City in 1983 where he started doing costumes for the films Angela (1995) and Office Killer (1997). In 2013, Thomas designed the wardrobe for the band Heloise and the Savoir Faire and their video Time Lords.
The Compagnie de Vichy created Vichy Spa International, a subsidiary dedicated to its international development. Capitalizing on its French experience, it is currently developing spas outside France under the brand Vichy Célestins Spa Hotel & Resort.« Vichy Spa exporte son savoir-faire (in French) », La Montagne, 7 novembre 2017.
In 2010, Nile Rodgers included remixes of "I Work For A Living" and "I'll Change My Game" (from Thornton's unreleased 1980 album produced by Rodgers and Edwards) on the CHIC box set, Savoir Faire, released in France on Warner Bros. Most recently, Thornton provided backing vocals on CHIC's 2015 release "I'll Be There".
Defiant Order is the third studio album by French electronic turntable band Birdy Nam Nam. The album was released via Savoir Faire / SME France on 19 September 2011 and was re-released worldwide on 28 May 2013 through OWSLA. A four-part series of remix EPs were released weekly starting on 7 June 2013, including tracks from their 2012 mixtape Geto Bird.
" According to singer Brett Anderson, it is just a "simple love song." On the choice of the album's lead single, he said: "it was either going to be this or ‘Savoir Faire’. There are about five singles on the album, so in the end I couldn’t really tell which one should be first. It was pretty much flip a coin or roll some dice.
Then, after serving as ambassador (1964–69) in Bern, Switzerland, Kavur finally retired. Kemal Kavur was an "old school" diplomat, believing totally in savoir-faire and building bridges, while his guiding force was the love of his country, freedom and democracy. In this respect, Kavur's work as a diplomat was important to the NATO alliance, especially while serving in Bulgaria and the Soviet Union.
Dilip trains individuals & corporate professionals on business networking, image management- including managing their online image, helping them decode their leadership DNAs. One example of work in this area may illustrate it well. Dilip is among the panel of experts at the Savoir Faire Academie. He has also been regularly involved in trainings at the World Bank and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in communication and media skills.
In the same year a 12" single was released on Small Wonder Records by the same musicians as Frank Sumatra And The Mob.Frank Sumatra And The Mob Discogs. A series of Family Fodder singles and 12" EPs followed on Fresh together with the album Monkey Banana Kitchen, often featuring French singer Dominique Levillain. The best- known singles were the indie chart entries "Debbie Harry", "Savoir Faire" and "Film Music".
In the early 1990s, he helped found the Songwriters Association of Canada along with Donna Murphy, Terry McManus and internationally acclaimed songwriter Eddie Schwartz. Stohn has executive-produced two feature films, Me? and The Clown Murders. He was also executive producer of Riverdale, English Canada's first prime-time soap opera, and of the lifestyle TV series Savoir Faire (hosted by Nik Manojlovich) and Room Service (hosted by Sarah Richardson).
She is thrilled to receive a visit from Bert, but Mrs. Carrington is appalled by his lack of savoir faire and decides to send Victoria abroad for two years to finish her transformation away from Bert's poor influence. Before she is packed off, Victoria lends Bert a sum of money. Victoria returns to London when the two years are up, now to all outward appearances the finished article.
The next day at the factory, Fox makes a mistake with some imprints; Eugen's father tells him off. Later, they all have dinner together and again, Fox has no table manners or savoir-faire. Fox goes to a pub and propositions two American soldiers, but nothing happens, they just leave. He drives to the gay bar, the florist hits on him and Fox slaps him; Fox has a panic attack.
Anthony Vaccarello (born 18 January 1982) is a Belgian fashion designer and currently creative director at Saint Laurent. Prior to this he held the position of creative director at Versus Versace, as well as designing his own eponymous line. In April 2016, Saint Laurent announced the appointment of Anthony Vaccarello as Creative Director. With a thorough understanding of the brand’s spirit, he has since his arrival, strongly empowered a highly desirable vision. Anthony Vaccarello’s collections are a sophisticated tribute to Paris, the atelier and the savoir-faire, conceived with a contemporary perspective. ("Savoir-faire" in this case refers to "know-how," in the design, making, and selling of clothes.) Since his appointment, he has affirmed his sharp, 360 degrees vision for Saint Laurent, pushing the brand forward with clarity and determination, mastering the House’s dynamics, its power over the collective imagination and developing an all-round vision, which is bringing the brand into the future while respecting its DNA.
Forall Confezioni SpA was founded in 1980 as a company dedicated to the traditional menswear tailoring. In the 80s, the company created Pal Zileri as the brand to firm its identity and position based on the Italian savoir-faire and artisanal knowledge. Pal Zileri evokes the name of "Palazzo Zileri" an ancient building in the historic centre of Vicenza. Pal Zileri worked with some of Italian designer labels to produce and distribute their menswear lines.
According to Variety, "Sarsgaard ... marvelously expresses the savoir faire that has such an impact on Jenny [Carey Mulligan]." Sarsgaard played a federal agent in the action comedy film Knight and Day, released in June 2010, in which he appeared alongside Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. In February 2010, it was announced that Sarsgaard had been cast as villain Hector Hammond in the superhero film Green Lantern. The film was released in 2011.
The Ashanti Kingdom utterly defeated them at the Battle of Feyiase, proclaiming its independence in 1701. Subsequently, through hard line force of arms and savoir-faire diplomacy, the duo induced the leaders of the other Ashanti city-states to declare allegiance and adherence to Kumasi, the Ashanti capital. From the beginning, King Osei Tutu and priest Anokye followed an expansionist and an imperialistic provincial foreign policy. According to folklore, Okomfo Anokye is believed to have visited Agona-Akrofonso.
Savard has a cousin named Jean Savard who also played for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1970s. He also shared the same number as Serge Savard, who is unrelated to him. They shared the same number (#18), and in the 1990s Serge was general manager of the Habs when he acquired Denis from the Blackhawks. Savard is sometimes called "Savoir-Faire" referring to a fictional French Canadian mouse that was the archnemesis of the cartoon character Klondike Kat.
Including zerrouf (tiara), djebel (diadem) and other ornaments.Tlemcen, Mensoudj et karakou, Info Soir du 30/08/2005Habit traditionnel d'Algérie :Le caftan tlemcénien ,El Watan du 18 novembre 2004 Since 2012, the chedda is inscribed in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, as Tlemcen's nuptial costume and rites; and the craftsmanship associated with them.Les rites et les savoir- faire artisanaux associés à la tradition du costume nuptial de Tlemcen sur le site de l'UNESCO (consulté le 8 décembre 2012).
Goschen said of Tryon, "I had an immensely high opinion not only of his naval knowledge, but of his general savoir faire, rapidity of judgement, decision, extraordinary shrewdness, and great knowledge of men. He was somewhat cynical in his views of human nature but his cynicism was of a good humoured and harmless cast."Fitzgerald pp. 121–122 A story was related of the Admiralty board travelling to Dover to meet the Shah of Persia in 1872.
The Patrician was a commercial success. By 2000, its sales at full price had totaled roughly 250,000 units. A Computer Gaming World reviewer in 1993 criticized the identical cities, "simplistic" combat, and "mundane" trading, stating that "the long term appeal of this game, except to bank managers and chartered accountants, is therefore questionable". He concluded that The Patrician was "too Germanic in appearance, perhaps needing a bit of British innovation, some French savoir faire, or maybe some Stateside polish".
Montague Woodhouse was appointed SOE chief on Crete, replacing John Pendlebury who had been executed by the Germans during the battle. Woodhouse approached Doundoulakis after spotting his savoir-faire as the Greek interpreter in Archanes. He requested that Doundoulakis support the SOE in hiding and evacuating British soldiers who had been left behind on Crete, with full knowledge that his efforts were punishable by death. Undaunted, Doundoulakis formed an underground organization under the command of the SOE's "Monty" Woodhouse.
This family descends from Gilles van DievoetAlain van Dievoet, « Généalogie de la famille van Dievoet originaire de Bruxelles, dite van Dive à Paris », in : Le Parchemin, ed. Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 1986, n° 245, p. 273 to 293, and also : Alain van Dievoet, « Quand le savoir-faire des orfèvres bruxellois brillait à Versailles », in : Cahiers bruxellois, Brussels, 2004, pp. 19-66. This article contains an extensive bibliography and many references and transcripts of archival documents.
Describing a state of unconflicting personal harmony, free-flowing spontaneity and savoir-faire, it generally also more properly denotes a state of spirit or mind, and in Confucianism accords with conventional morality. Sinologist Jean François Billeter describes it as a "state of perfect knowledge of the reality of the situation, perfect efficaciousness and the realization of a perfect economy of energy", which in practice Edward Slingerland qualifies as a "set of ('transformed') dispositions (including physical bearing)... conforming with the normative order".
This MBA program is a 12-month degree for industry professionals. Students acquire knowledge of history, luxury markets, and fashion, as well as French savoir-faire, to complement their professional experience. They do field trips to Italy, Basel, Bordeaux, Reims (Champagne), to learn about emerging and existing luxury markets. Students with an MBA in Luxury & Fashion Management go on to work as International Brand Directors, International Product Managers, International Purchase Managers in Luxury Goods, International Luxury Business Development Managers, Buyers, and Fashion Consultants.
Jami (formerly GNU Ring, SFLphone) is a SIP-compatible distributed peer-to- peer softphone and SIP-based instant messenger for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android. Developed and maintained by the Canadian company Savoir-faire Linux,Free Software Foundation and with the help of a global community of users and contributors, Jami positions itself as a potential free Skype replacement. Jami is free and open-source software released under the GNU General Public License. In November 2016, it became part of the GNU Project.
She issued her debut album Vision Quest with Black Earth Ensemble in 2001 on her label, Dreamtime Records. The album included appearances by Hamid Drake, Savoir Faire, Edith Yokley, Darius Savage, and Avreeayl Ra.[ Nicole Mitchell] at Allmusic Vision Quest was expanded into a theater piece in 2003. In 2006 she worked in the group Frequency with Harrison Bankhead, Edward Wilkerson, and Avreeayl Ra. Thrill Jockey released their album during that year. Beginning in 2017, she toured and recorded with the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
The natural energy of a Chihuahua played right into that feeling. George [Scribner] was very encouraging as a director: He kept the energy level high at the recording sessions." Pop singer Billy Joel was recommended for the voice of Dodger by Scribner because of his "New York street-smart, savoir- faire attitude," and auditioned for the role by telephone after being given dialogue. Additionally, Joel confirmed he did the role because it was a Disney movie, saying: "I had just had a little girl.
Qualifications in hand, the 27-year- old Hubert Bonnet moved to New York City and began his professional life as a trader for Cadogan Management. After the death of his mother in 1996, he returned to Belgium and became a director of Cobepa until the takeover bid by BNP Paribas in 2000. Then, while continuing his activities in the financial sector, he ventured into real estate and created his first company. With H Group, he created prestigious projects, acquiring unique properties and improving them with the savoir-faire of renowned architects.
Rodgers and Barnes onstage in 2013. Chic released four new albums during the 2000s (three compilations, and one live album): The Very Best of Chic (2000), Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (2005), A Night in Amsterdam (2006), and The Definitive Groove Collection (2006). A box set, Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization, Vol.1: Savoir Faire would be released in 2010, covering Rodgers and Edwards' productions both for Chic and for other artists up to the original break-up of the partnership in 1983.
It was fitted with a chain track and was trialled by the Army in November 1907 in Aldershot. The 4-ton vehicle achieved speeds of over difficult terrain. Hornsbys, in a rare moment of marketing savoir-faire, commissioned a film of this vehicle to promote the virtues of the caterpillar track, which was to be shown at provincial and London cinemas in the summer of 1908. The film was first shown at the Empire Theatre of Varieties in Leicester Square on 27 April 1908, on a device then known as a bioscope.
The menswear collection has been presented through conceptual catwalk shows, including the 2003 Autumn/Winter collection that had guests ride on a 1937 steam train through urban Milan, with the models walking through the cabins. Other pieces have included "cooked" shirts, where the pieces are dyed with berries or other food-stuffs in order to produce their intended designs. The womenswear line was launched in 1991. For the 2016 Spring/Summer womenswear collection presented in Milan, Angelo Flaccavento wrote that it "show[ed] off the savoir-faire of her ateliers", using a ballerina-lingerie theme.
161 The following year she left her long- time producer Mario Lavezzi to record with a new producer, Ivano Fossati. With him she recorded what many consider to be her masterpiece album, Traslocando (1982), containing Bertè's signature song "Non sono una signora". The following years the albums Jazz (1983) and Savoir faire (1984) spawned two hits: "Il mare d'inverno", penned by Enrico Ruggeri, and "Ragazzo mio", a cover of a Luigi Tenco classic. Bertè released an innovative album in 1985 called Carioca, a tribute to Brazilian singer Djavan which included "Acqua" and other hits.
They incorporated the best practices of Arab and Byzantine architecture into their own art.Antonino Buttitta; J -Y Marin; Jean-Marie Levesque; Musée de Normandie, Les Normands en Sicile: XIe-XXIe siècles : histoire et légendes, 5 Continents, 2006, p. 14; Quote: ”Le genie architectural des Normands a su s’adapter aux lieux en prenant ce qu’il y a de meilleur dans le savoir-faire des batisseurs arabes et byzantins.” It is important to note that a different builder constructed each of the sites, they are linked together because of their shared architecture and time period.
Thereafter, the cat enjoys life as a great lord who runs after mice only for his own amusement. The tale is followed immediately by two morals: "one stresses the importance of possessing industrie and savoir faire while the other extols the virtues of dress, countenance, and youth to win the heart of a princess." The Italian translation by Carlo Collodi notes that the tale gives useful advice if you happen to be a cat or a Marquis of Carabas. This is the theme in France, but other versions of this theme exist in Asia, Africa, and South America.
The regiments immediately demonstrated savoir-faire in managing controlled riots and croud dispersions to the point of effect where the mission became a pivot prolongation to maintain status for a long term peace. The beginning of the years 2000 witnessed a recurring engagement of the rapaces (paratroopers of the 1er RCP) on the African soil around Tchad, Gabon and Central African Republic. However, the most marking one would be the Ivory Coast. At the end of 2002, a battalion of the 1er RCP prepositioned in Gabon, was projected in urgency to Abidjan in order to participate in the exiting of French citizens.
On 22 March, the band played their first live show since the 1997 Reading Festival at the first of six fanclub shows at The Garage in Glasgow. Making the most of the friendly fanclub show to focus solely on the forthcoming album, the fourteen track setlist consisted mostly of songs from Head Music and missed out old favourites, with the exception of some Coming Up era b-sides. Mat Osman said the band had about five songs to choose for the first single, including "Savoir Faire" and "She's in Fashion". Other contenders were the title track "Head Music" and "Electricity".
There is a reference in Lyra's Oxford to Mrs Coulter having written an academic work called 'The Bronze Clocks of Benin'. In the books she is portrayed as an elegant and cool-minded sophisticate with social savoir faire, but she is also calculating, power-hungry and ruthless. She has political connections, and is highly placed and trusted in the Church's hierarchy, who give her a large degree of autonomy. She arranges for Iorek Byrnison, the heir to the throne of the Armoured bears to be exiled, and plots to dominate the new king, turning the bears into her subordinates.
In the autumn of 1938, Maclean had nearly completed three years as a junior member of the League of Nations and the Western department of the Foreign Office and he argued that he was overdue for transfer to his first foreign post. There being no lack of drive in Maclean's ego, he was sent to the prestigious post in Paris. On 24 September 1938, he took up his post as Third Secretary at HM Embassy, Paris. Although Maclean strove to closely conform to the normalities representative of the Foreign Office social class, he lacked the funds and savoir-faire of his colleagues.
Entrance to the Bantia Botanical Garden with its founder Hampougouni Thiombiano The Bantia Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Burkina Faso, consisting of an area of Sudanian Savanna, protected from human impact and fire and enriched by local plant species. It was founded in the year 2001.CILSS (2012) Protéger et restaurer la terre pour mieux vivre: Les paysans de la region Est du Burkina Faso utilisent leur savoir et savoir-faire. 56 S. Situated c. 10 km south of the city Fada N’Gourma at the road towards Pama, it has an area of approximately 10 ha.
However, by default Jami uses an OpenDHT node maintained by Saviour-faire Linux to join the network when the user connects for the first time, however the application gives users the choice to run this through their own bootstrap server in the advanced settings. By adopting distributed hash table technology (as used, for instance, within the BitTorrent network), Jami creates its own network over which it can distribute directory functions, authentication and encryption across all systems connected to it.Say Hello to Ring (Savoir-faire Linux) Packages are available for all major Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. Separate GNOME and KDE versions are available.
"My Homies Still" is a hip hop song of four minutes and seven seconds in length. Wayne and Sean's lyrics on the song both contain numerous free association punchlines: Rick Florino, reviewing the song for Artistdirect, noted Sean's ability to adapt his flow for songs with certain styles, writing that Sean exudes "his own savoir-faire and style". The song's lyrics are backed by a "bouncy" and "spastic" production, which contains "chaotic 808-drumming" similar to that found on Sean's single "Dance (A$$)" from his debut album Finally Famous (2011). The line "go stupid", found in the chorus of "My Homies Still", is also interpolated from "Dance (A$$)".
At one point, he declared to working class Creoles, "I am not anything above yourselves. I am at par with you.". His opponents conceded that Wallace-Johnson's "considerable personal magnetism for the masses" were admirable qualities.. According to , Wallace-Johnson's most important characteristic was his "truculence and his apparent willingness to thumb his nose at officialdom".. In public, he spoke jokingly of colonial officials who most Sierra Leoneans feared. He casually referred to officials on a first-name basis and criticised them "in diatribes and invectives the like of which had never before been heard in the Freetown society where decorum and savoir faire were the hall-marks of the leaders".
Tellem, reconnaissance archéologique d'une culture de l'Ouest africain au Moyen-Age: la poterie. Journal des Africanistes 54,1/2, 5-59. Recent data argue for a revision of this paradigm, which assumes a three-step population model (Toloy, Tellem and Dogon). Newly acquired information rather suggests that the Dogon country has been for the past two millennia an open region, integrating over the centuries many cultural features through migrant group, craftmen, objects and savoir- faire from multiple areas, such as the Mema and the Inland Niger delta in the northwest, the Gourma or Oudalan east, Burkina Faso or voltaic south eastern Senegal, without a complete turnover of the population.
Savoir-Faire is a piece of interactive fiction written by Emily Short, about a magician in 18th-century France searching his aristocratic adoptive father's house. It won the Best Game, Best Story, Best Individual Player Character and Best Puzzles awards at the 2002 Xyzzy Awards, and was a finalist for four other categories. Puzzles in the game require the player to make "leap[s] of inference" between objects with similar functions. The game was generally praised for its unique use of magical powers (based on weaving links between similar objects, so that anything that happens to one happens to both) and its high-quality implementation.
Rodgers in 2010 In 2010, Rhino Records released a four-CD box set, Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization, Volume 1: Savoir Faire, which for the first time collected tracks from all of the acts produced by The Chic Organization up to their original break-up in 1983. Rodgers provided sleevenotes for the set, which was also reissued in 2013. Rodgers' critically acclaimed autobiography, Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny was published by Spiegel & Grau, a Random House imprint, in late 2011. It was named one of the top 10 of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time by Rolling Stone.
19268, 19 October 2004, "Fleury-Michon acquiert les plateaux-repas de Fauchon" and finally selling the Fauchon Paris stores to the company's rival Lenôtre.Le Figaro, 19 May 2005, "L’épicerie de luxe vend neuf boutiques à Lenôtre. Fauchon a perdu la bataille de Paris"; official Lenôtre website Within the space of 6 years, Fauchon cut back its workforce by 700 employees, from 900 to 200 people.L'Express, 17 January 2008, page 75 "Fauchon, L'épicier chic et choc", by Corinne Scemama Flickr – scalleja – Fauchon (Place de la Madeleine – Paris) 3 Michel Ducros revised Fauchon strategy with all its suppliers and set up a strict sourcing, to promote the French savoir-faire and develop exclusive receipts.
Benzer used forward genetics to investigate the genetic basis of various behaviors such as phototaxis, circadian rhythms, and learning by inducing mutations in a Drosophila population and then screening individuals for altered phenotypes of interest. To better identify mutants, Benzer developed novel apparatuses such as the countercurrent device, which was designed to separate flies according to the magnitude and direction of their phototactic response. Benzer identified mutants for a wide variety of characteristics: vision (nonphototactic, negative phototactic, and eyes absent), locomotion (sluggish, uncoordinated), stress sensitivity (freaked- out), sexual function (savoir-faire, fruitless), nerve and muscle function (photoreceptor degeneration, drop-dead), and learning and memory (rutabaga, dunce). Benzer and student Ron Konopka discovered the first circadian rhythm mutants.
Other books: Ibn al-Nadim attributes several other Arabic translations of Middle Persian works to Ibn al-Muqaffa', namely Āʾīn-nāma, Kitāb al-tāj, and Kitāb Mazdak. Ibn Qutayba is thought to have preserved parts of the Āʾīn-nāma, for in his Oyun a number of passages are quoted, albeit without ascription, with the opening words I have read in the Aiin (or Kitāb al-āʾīn). The quotations bear on topics such as court manners and customs, military tactics, divination and physiognomy, archery, and polo, subjects typical of various works on Sasanian institutions, protocol, entertainment, general savoir faire, and so on. Also in the Oyun are extracts from a Kitāb al-tāj .
In late 2009, the gallery relocated to its fifth location on West 27th Street. An exhibition of talks and dialogues called INTERNATIONAL FOCUS-Women in Crisis (2010) dealt with human rights issues such as sex trafficking, child soldiers, and genital mutilation; it later continued under the name CONVERSATIONS, with experts speaking on a variety of topics including "Voices of Muslim Women." The series continued with "What’s Old is New Again: The Legacy of the Feminist Art Movement of the 70s" (2010) and "Louise Nevelson: Empress of Environmental Sculpture" (2013). Another project, "Savoir-Faire," began in 2009 as a platform for women performance artists to realize projects that had not been seen previously.
A vigneron is someone who cultivates a vineyard for winemaking. The word connotes or emphasizes the critical role that vineyard placement and maintenance has in the production of high-quality wine.The Vigneron's Savoir-Faire: The Result of Commitment from the website of the Association les VINS de Bandol The term, French for someone who grows grapes or makes wine, is often used in Australia to describe a winemaker who is also involved as an owner or managerVignerons Licence from a Government of Victoria websiteGrapeGrowers & Vignerons magazineKing Valley from Mietta's Guide to Australian Restaurant, Cafes & Bars as opposed to a person who is employed only to make wine, who is generally referred to as a winemaker. It is also used when referring to a winemaker from France.
On the strength of this Parisian success, he developed his "Savoir-faire" in New York and branded "Le Coq Rico" in financial association with Francis Staub. The success was immediate (2 stars at the NY Times, Best Roasted Poultry from NYC ) and advocates for small poultry farmers in NY. In August 2018, he was suddenly dismissed from office by his partner. From now on, he wants to deepen his work around poultry, strengthen his links with farmers, and gain, on his own scale, a sincere and complete traceability. He works hand in hand with farmers on the development of old breeds, such as the red turkey of the Ardennes, the Landes poultry, the poultry of Contre, the Naked Neck of Forez, La Flèche.
Today the school serves from junior kindergarten-6, in 1999, grades 7 and 8 were moved to École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont when the high school relocated to its present site. In the early 1990s the then principal, Jean-Claude Imbeault, made a number of changes to the school. He changed the school colours from blue and white, to black, silver and white; had the school renamed to "École élémentaire Marie-Curie"; gave it a new logo and a motto "Savoir faire et bien faire"; and, most significantly, created a plan for a multicultural school population. London has a very small francophone population; however, it qualifies for French language services under the French Language Services Act, and also qualifies to have French schools.
At the war's end, Ward's friends in high places, his savoir faire, his trove of anecdotes and recipes, and his talents for diplomacy augured well for his success in Washington, where the coals were hot and ready for an era of unprecedented growth and corruption that became known as "the Great Barbeque" or "The Gilded Age." His entrée into the Johnson administration was Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch, who, faced with the colossal task of financial reconstruction, turned for help to Ward , who won for him a partial victory via cookery. Soon he was boasting to Julia that he was lobbying for insurance companies, telegraph companies, steamship lines, railroad lines, banking interests, mining interests, manufacturers, investors, and individuals with claims. Everyone, he crowed, wanted him.
By September 2014, Vaccarello was creating a capsule collection for Versus Versace. He went on to create several collections for Versus until April 2016 when it was announced that he had been appointed creative director of Saint Laurent Paris. With a thorough understanding of the brand’s spirit, he has since his arrival, strongly empowered a highly desirable vision. Anthony Vaccarello’s collections are a sophisticated tribute to Paris, the atelier and the savoir-faire, conceived with a contemporary perspective. Since his appointment, he has affirmed his sharp, 360 degrees vision for Saint Laurent, pushing the brand forward with clarity and determination, mastering the House’s dynamics, its power over the collective imagination and developing an all-round vision, which is bringing the brand into the future while respecting its DNA.
Head Music changes that, though, as producer Steve Osborne imparts a much-needed sense of sonic and emotional depth to make 'Electricity' and 'Savoir Faire' palpitate." Marc Weingarten of the Los Angeles Times called it "an album of considerable sweep and smarts," which would help the band "carve its own niche among American listeners." Some critics saw Head Music as a major step forward from Coming Up and as a sign that the band's new line-up had been vindicated from doubters. Christina Rees of the Dallas Observer wrote: "If Suede couldn't erase the influence of Oakes' predecessor, Bernard Butler, on 1996's Coming Up, it has certainly succeeded now" She also added, "If the 'new' Suede didn't show up on Coming Up, it seethes through Head Music.
He has labelled himself the "Mosses" of Ndop central and Babessi Sub Divisions that make up the Ngoketunjia North constituency. Back in his constituency, he is regarded as a father to all and referred to as Daddy while his works were in 2012 rewarded with a second mandate to represent the people of Ngoketunjia North constituency. His ingenuity in politics has earned him several awards from several media organs notably, The Watchdog Tribune, World Echoes, The Guardian Post, Life Time and most recently The Eye Newspaper where he was voted as Best Politician of The Year 2015. His savoir-faire was also rewarded in the national assembly when he was elected to be one of four Questors in the national assembly of Cameroon and he was recently elected to chair the Monetary and Financial Affairs committee of the legislative arm of the African union, the PAN African parliament. Hon.
Created in 1986, IGN FI is the private subsidiary of the French IGN and works essentially abroad.la filiale export de l'IGN Its goal is to promote the savoir-faire of the French IGN around the world.Rapport d'activité d'IGN A company specialising in geographic information, IGN FI intervenes in numerous fields, both in its core business of cartography as well as in the fields of environment, agriculture, urban planning, civil security and land management. IGN FI is involved in all levels of project preparation: Geodesy - Metrology - Cartography - Databases Acquisition: aerial photography, satellite images, field surveys, geodetic networks... Data processing: Orthophotographs, DTM (digital terrain models), DEM (digital elevation models), photogrammetric restitution, 3D models... Modelling: structuring of information depending on the intended applications Installation of geographic information systems (GIS) and thematic portals IGN FI also offers project management assistance, project management, technical assistance, training or complete or partial technology and knowledge transfers.
As are General Dmitry Shcherbachev and General Nikolai Yudenich leaders of the anti-Communist White Movement. Those interred in Nice at the Cimetière du Château, include celebrated jeweler Alfred Van Cleef, Emil Jellinek-Mercedes, founder of the Mercedes car company, film director Louis Feuillade, poet Agathe-Sophie Sasserno, dancer Carolina Otero, Asterix comics creator René Goscinny, The Phantom of the Opera author Gaston Leroux, French prime minister Léon Gambetta, and the first president of the International Court of Justice José Gustavo Guerrero. Nice has the second largest hotel capacity in the countryUn savoir-faire et un équipement complet en matière d'accueil, Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur website and it is one of its most visited cities, receiving 4 million tourists every year.Les chiffres clés du tourisme à Nice, site municipal It also has the third busiest airport in France, after the two main Parisian ones.
Hebdige claimed that the mod subculture came about as part of the participants' desire to understand the "mysterious complexity of the metropolis" and to get close to black culture of the Jamaican rude boy, because mods felt that black culture "ruled the night hours" and that it had more streetwise "savoir faire". Shari Benstock and Suzanne Ferriss argued that at the "core of the British Mod rebellion was a blatant fetishising of the American consumer culture" that had "eroded the moral fiber of England."Benstock, Shari and Suzanne Ferriss, On Fashion (Rutgers University Press, 1994) , In doing so, the mods "mocked the class system that had gotten their fathers nowhere" and created a "rebellion based on consuming pleasures". The influence of British newspapers on creating the public perception of mods as having a leisure-filled club-going lifestyle can be seen in a 1964 article in the Sunday Times.
Klondike Kat lives in Fort Frazzle and answers to the British-Canadian commanding officer Major Minor (modeled after Terry-Thomas, and voiced by Kenny Delmar). Klondike, though well-meaning, is naturally incompetent and usually causes more trouble than Savoir-Faire in trying to stop him ("I'll make mincemeat out of that mouse!"); yet, at the end of almost each episode, Klondike would "get his mouse" somehow ("Klondike Kat always gets his mouse."). The humor in the incompetence of the main character (a recurring theme of each episode), Klondike Kat, is not unlike the humor used in Hong Kong Phooey, whose successes are only either thanks to his sidekick, Spot, who provides a solution to the challenges, or the direct result of a comically unintended side effect of his conscious efforts, and not Klondike Kat's skill as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Also released were the mini-albums Sunday Girls and Schizophrenia Party on Fresh, and later the All Styles double-LP on Jungle Records, which Trouser Press hailed as "consistently enjoyable and infused with invention, cleverness, talent and a totally open outlook" Alig Fodder continued to record and perform as Family Fodder over the years with evolving line-ups as well as under various alter-egos such as DJ Katface, Johnny Human, Vox Humana and The Lo Yo Yo. Following the release of compilation Savoir Faire: The Best Of on US label Dark Beloved Cloud, in 2000 an early Family Fodder line-up including Levillain reformed to record the album Water Shed for that label. Allmusic called it "one of the better reunion albums of the post- punk generation." In 2010 Family Fodder released Classical Music, featuring the singing of Darlini, daughter of original vocalist Dominique Levillain. It was followed in 2013 by Variety.
She died in her sleep on 30 July 1926 at 123 Waddon Park Avenue, Croydon, aged 84. The cause of death was recorded as mitral disease of the heart and anasarca. She was buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. In tributes after her death, Margaret Buchanan, her employee and her successor as President of the Association of Women Pharmacists explained that “her indomitable energy and savoir-faire carried her through many an awkward situation, which she in after years would describe with great glee.” Annie Neve, who served her apprenticeship with Clarke-Keer, was equally appreciative of her mentor: “The initiative, energy, moral courage, and enthusiasm for the advancement of pharmacy and for the betterment of the lot of all who toil and suffer, which she so conspicuously displayed during a long and beneficent life were a heartening and ennobling example to all who came within the sphere of her influence.” In 2019 she was added to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Malandragem is defined as any combination of strategies used in order to gain the advantage in a determined situation, typically of an illicit nature. It is characterized by savoir faire and subtlety. Its execution demands aptitude, charisma, cunning and whatever other characteristics (knacks) assist the malandro in the manipulation of people or institutions to obtain the best outcome with the least possible effort. Disregarding logical argumentation, labor and honesty, the malandro assumes that such methods are incapable of getting him a good outcome. Those who practice malandragem act in the manner of the popular Brazilian adage, immortalized in a catch-phrase from former Brazilian soccer player Gérson de Oliveira Nunes in a cigarette TV commercial (hence the name it was given: Lei de Gérson, or Gérson's law): “I like to gain the advantage in everything.” Together with the concept of jeitinho, malandragem can be considered another typical—but not exclusive—Brazilian mode of social navigation.
Osborne had previously worked with the band Happy Mondays. According to Anderson, Head Music was Suede's most experimental album, and Osborne's role played into the group's experimentation, "Steve was responsible for a hell of a lot of this album's sound. We chose him first of all because he did this fucking brilliant job on 'Savoir Faire'... It just sounded really exciting and unusual." Osborne's involvement sparked rumours of Suede going in a dancier direction, which the band denied. Osman insisted it is “groovier” than their previous songs with some using only one or two chords, while Anderson said: “The last thing we wanted to do was some obvious attempt to make a dance album, because it would have sounded like shit.” Osborne was initially hired for one week of trial-run recording at Mayfair Studios, just to see how the process was going to work, or indeed if the two parties could work together.
In the end of the 18th century the Vernes family of Ardéchoise origin established in Lyons on the Helvetic bank of the Lake Geneva having taken refuge in the edict of Nantes revocation. The family founded the house of bank Vernes et Compagnie in 1780. This family bank was established in Paris in 1821Charles Vernes installe la banque à Paris en 1821 and acquired very fast a strong notability in the world of business and a big competence in management of fortunem Carf - courtier en affacturage attaining a reputation comparable to the houses of Rothschild and Mallet.Gallica - Qu'est ce qu'une banque, les maisons particulières p53 Following the example of other families of Haute Banque8, the Vernes family was intimately linked to the Banque de France directly (Charles Vernes was sub-governor of the Bank of France from 1832 till 1857, Adolphe Vernes was regent from 1886 till 1907 and Jules Félix Vernes was regent from 1921 till 1934) and indirectly by the savoir-faire of the descendants who married daughters or cousins of regents.

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