Contre

In his brilliant, fragmentary pamphlet known as Contre Sainte-Beuve, Proust gives forceful expression to the view that the biographical approach to writers is misconceived, because the literary work is produced not by the artist's everyday personality but by what he calls le moi profond, which operates according to its own independent, mysterious rules.

A La Recherche…de Proust Weightman, John 1990

Contre la mauvaise haleine, un seul remède: le téléphone!

Savoir Vivre 2010

He went on to play the young Hannibal Lecter in 2007's Hannibal Rising in the U.S., and co-star in international productions with the likes of Jean Reno in Le Premiere Circle, and Isabelle Huppert in Barrage Contre Le Pacifique.

Terry Keefe: Gaspard Ulliel: The French Acting Star and the Male Face of Chanel on His New Film The Princess of Montpensier Terry Keefe 2011

"Contre les voluptés des plus heureux du monde Je n'échangerais pas les maux que j'ai soufferts: C'est le plus grand soupir qui fait le plus beau vers."

French Word-A-Day: 2008

"Contre les voluptés des plus heureux du monde Je n'échangerais pas les maux que j'ai soufferts: C'est le plus grand soupir qui fait le plus beau vers."

French Word-A-Day: 2008

Subsequently, he learned his metier asassistant stage manager, prompt and spear carrier before gaining his first stage role in 1953 in Arthur Adamov's Tous Contre Tous (All Against All), which helped develop his taste for the theatre of the absurd.

Laurent Terzieff obituary 2010

Confronted with that fact during the CSIS talk, the minister stubbornly refused to answer my question about the human rights impact of the most recent presidential commission of inquiry (established in 2006) into several high level human rights cases, including the execution style murder of 17 aid workers of the French organization Action Contre la Faim (ACF).

Amnesty International: Sec. Clinton's shot at uncovering justice for Sri Lanka's war crimes 2010

Contre la mauvaise haleine, un seul remède: le téléphone !

Savoir Vivre 2010

The most fertile Cuban musical form turned out to be the habanera, a lilting dance form that evolved out of the old French Contre-danse in the years following the Haitian revolution.

The Haitian-Born Rhythm Revolution 2010

"Contre les voluptés des plus heureux du monde Je n'échangerais pas les maux que j'ai soufferts: C'est le plus grand soupir qui fait le plus beau vers."

poesie - French Word-A-Day 2008