Phones as instruments of betrayal in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Bon Voyage' and 'Aventure Malgache.'

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Telephones are portrayed as instruments of betrayal and manipulation in the films 'Bon Voyage' and Aventure Malgache' by Alfred Hitchcock. The phone, which should be a means of communication, instead suggests the difficult nature of human interaction. 'Bon Voyage' and 'Aventure Malgache' were French-language films made in 1944 as tributes to the French Resistance, but the telephone theme connects them with other Hitchcock films.

Portrayals, Telephone, Telephony, Hitchcock, Alfred, Bon Voyage (Motion picture), Aventure Malgache (Motion picture)

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Alfred Delvau's dictionaries: vehicles of lexical and sociocultural change in Second-Empire Paris

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Two slang dictionaries compiled by Alfred Delvau (1825-1867) provide insight into Parisian popular culture and its relationship to literary texts during the Second Empire. Delvau's dictionaries represent an effort to resist attempts by the government of Napoleon III to enforce a bourgeois cultural imperialism. The symbiotic relationship between popular and elite culture is suggested by Delvau's work.

Social aspects, History, Paris, France, Popular culture, French language, Sociolinguistics, Slang, Lexicography, Delvau, Alfred

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Change of heart

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Penn professor John Dilulio has been chosen by President George W. Bush in 2001 to be head of an office for crime prevention. Dilulio grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and sees churches as playing an important part in the social life of inner city areas.

Management, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Crime prevention, Dilulio, John

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