Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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odalisque

the irresistible odalisques sprawled across his dorm bed

—p.50 Beautiful Boy, Warm Night (47) by Katie Roiphe
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gestalt

she was kind of wonderful-looking, with her fabulous, disheveled gestalt

—p.48 Beautiful Boy, Warm Night (47) by Katie Roiphe
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Maastricht Treaty

after France and a reunited Germany agreed by the Maastrict Treaty to create the euro. The French conservative daily Le Figaro had this to say on its front page: 'In the 1920s it was said that Germany would pay reparations. Now Germany is paying. The Maastrict Treat is a Versailles Treaty without war!'

—p.67 An Indecent Proposal (38) by Yanis Varoufakis
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morass

de Gaulle was stuck in a morass of uncontrolled inflation and rising discontent

—p.63 An Indecent Proposal (38) by Yanis Varoufakis
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semiotics

No one can deny that, when it comes to semiology, the French are unbeatable.

on de Gaulle ordering 29,5000 bars of gold from the NY Federal Reserve soon after calling for a return to the gold standard

—p.61 An Indecent Proposal (38) by Yanis Varoufakis
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