French word of the day: La Retraite

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Jan 24

With temperatures hovering around the 32°F (0°C) across the country, the French are cranky. We just lost the World Cup, Christmas is over, and who knows if there will be enough snow in the Alps during the upcoming ski holidays.

Enter stage right, the debate over le système de retraite (retirement system). You may have seen on TV last week that over 1 mil…

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