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...Flemings now have the numerical edge-5,250,000 to 4,000,000-a majority in Parliament, a Flemish Prime Minister and, thanks to a postwar inflow of U.S. firms to capitalize on Flanders' cheap, ample labor, a glossy sheen of wellbeing. Wallonia, meanwhile, is practically a depressed area, dotted with played-out coal mines and plagued with rising unemployment. But the Flemings still see all sorts of injustices, complain, for instance, that they have only 13 of Belgium's 83 diplomatic jobs abroad. While Brussels is officially bilingual from its street signs down to its liquor labels...
Unexperienced Sounds. Michel de Ghelderode often took his inspiration from the canvases of Flemish painters. His Magpie on the Gallows, for example, takes its name and theme from Pieter Brueghel's painting, in which sturdy peasants dance defiantly in the shadow of the gallows. In a series of radio interviews recorded in Ostend twelve years ago, known to fans as "The Ostend Interviews," Ghelderode offered probably the only deep glimpse into his habits and personality that he permitted during his lifetime...
Since Moonlight came out last February, it has sold a phenomenal 1,700,000 disks. It has been recorded in Flemish, Spanish, German and Italian, and in 42 different versions. It has been done à la New Orleans, in cha cha cha rhythm and as a twist, as a military march and in a stately imitation of Johann Sebastian Bach. Frank Sinatra sang it in French at a Cap-Martin nightclub, and an English songwriter is at work on English lyrics. In all styles, and in any language, Moonlight at Maubeuge...
...past two years, and last fortnight announced plans to open four more. Not only do these Belgian markets dramatically undersell corner grocers (examples: 5? v. 8? for a cake of soap. 52? v. 70? for a pound of cheese), but they have added a new verb to the Flemish language. It is superen, and it means to take a social hour in the supermarket, usually at night and with the family, piloting a pushcart among mountains of cans and valleys of prepacked meats...
...first time (see color). Originally, these paintings were scattered not only through Charlottenburg but also through the old Berlin Castle and the three castles in Potsdam-the New Palace, the Potsdam Castle and Frederick's beloved Sans Souci (Without Care). In later life, Frederick bought Italian and Flemish masterpieces, but in his youth he was probably history's greatest Francophile...