Word: gallic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stomach forced an obviously tired Queen Elizabeth to take a couple of days off from her Canadian tour, London's Daily Herald cried out in alarm: THE QUEEN IS EXHAUSTED BRING HER HOME! "The truth is Her Majesty has the colly-wobbles," said the Daily Mirror. When with Gallic intuition France-Soir suggested that "Queen Elizabeth's fatigue and illness may presage a happy event," the idea was loyally denied by the Queen's press secretary as "absolute nonsense." He had not been told the news. Last week the rumors were confirmed: for the first time since...
...Netty, a French brassière, is displayed by a curvy salesgirl busily selling ties to two gallant Gallic gentlemen. Ever so often, as the salesgirl writhes closer to the counter, she dissolves like a nervous ghost, leaving only a suddenly unoccupied bra for her customers to gape...
Politically, the islands followed France to the left after World War II, never made the Gaullist swing back. As members of local governing councils, the islanders elect a Gallic mixture of Communists, Socialists and left-centrists. But the Communists, who control about 25% of the vote in Martinique, 40% in Guadeloupe, carefully steer clear of the expectable cries for independence. The wisdom of their caution was plainly proved last year when the islanders gave Charles de Gaulle's agree-or-get-out Fifth Republic referendum an overwhelming...
...replied: "I will never again set foot in the Academy. It would really be tactless of me." Benoit had supported the unsuccessful Academy candidacy of Paul Morand, a novelist rejected for his wartime collaboration (TIME, May 4). Asked if this was a factor in his withdrawal, Benoit sidestepped with Gallic nimbleness: "It was not only that...
Count Your Blessings. A pleasant little comedy about a modern Penelope (Deborah Kerr) and her absentee husband, including some lectures about Gallic marriage delivered by the indestructible Maurice Chevalier...