France’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bastille Day, the French national holiday, was glorious this year, with celebrations that seemed to dispel the melancholia that began to seize France years ago. Was it purely the product of a collective delusion, encouraged, if not conceived, by the authorities to restore some level of confidence among France's depressed citizens?
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PARIS – Bastille Day, the French national holiday, was glorious this year. The military parade, dominated by the celebration of “victory” in Mali and the joint participation of African and United Nations troops, had the perfection of a gracious, albeit muscular, ballet.