Today, about one-third of this nation of 11 million watches color television, which offers a heavy fare of French films and other arts.
And the groove-intensive nature of the mostly impressive heavier fare easily offsets the better portion of its word-related shortfalls.
But you don't have to eat such heavy fare.
At breakfast, there's always plenty of fruit and cereals, along with heavier fare like blueberry pancakes, sausage and bacon.
But poor domestic traffic and heavy fare discounting have cut the revenue of all the carriers, making it more difficult to justify adding to their overhead.
It broadcast a mixed schedule of light entertainment and heavier fare, Irish language programming, and talks.
Wodka Most people think of Polish food as heavy fare drowning in sauce, about as fashionable as a hairnet and a housecoat.
The evening also offered heavier fare: Beethoven's so-called Piano Concerto No. 1 (it was the second one he composed).
That is standard fare for the region - meat-and-potato style dishes, heavy but fresh off the farm.
The few restaurants offer simple, heavy fare.