IKersey@aol.com wrote:
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> This demonstrates a remarkable difference between American and French
> business and social cultures. I may be cynical, but I don't think our
> Madison Avenue-types or corporate execs would ever allow one of their
> products to be tagged with anything less than a "maillot jaune" champion.
We
> tend to live in an all or nothing society.
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This echoes something that Lance Armstrong said recently about how the French love the runner-up more than the victor. Especially if the runners-up are French...
Bill Canilang
Ridgewood, NJ