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* Garber Gastronomic: La Tour d'Argent -- a brief history *****
An occurrence as nominal as a single bad review can cost a restaurant a "star." Yet when La Tour d'Argent, the Paris restaurant, lost one of its three Michelin stars in 1996, the owner, Claude Terrail, shrugged off the occasion, saying he was no longer interested in the guide's approval.
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Paris fumes over France's smoking ban *
France and yet another US state join worldwide bans of tobacco in public places, restaurants and bars.
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