Take the f-ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.

The surface of the parget might be finished either smooth, with a coat of whitewash, or as rough-cast with sand or small stones.

But Guy Desplanques, a demographer, pointed out in 2002 that names like Ahmed and Jamila actually were on the wane, and that second-generation French men and women work toward integration by coming up with variations like Yanis or Rayan; the latter has become popular in some banlieues, evoking both the Maghreb and the relatively widespread Ryan.

This kingly government (as some call it) is a thing that our democraticks cannot brook: we are an undone people if we do not down with that.