Word: mottos
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...French history, Charles de Gaulle knows well Talleyrand's admonition on the art of government: "Above all, no zeal." But last week, when he appeared on television to defend himself against mounting criticism, the old man seemed to be telling the French nation that he had changed the motto to "Above all, no doubts." To get his message across, though, he ignored French history and resorted to a metaphorical invocation of Faust...
...some time recovering. Downtown, in the City-County Building, more than 500 members of Detroit's white and black establishment, including Henry Ford II and United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther, responded to an invitation by Romney and Cavanagh to a latter-day reconstruction meeting. True to its motto, Resurget Cineribus, Detroit was determined to rise from the ashes as swiftly as possible. As Reuther emphasized, there would have to be some social rebuilding along with the physical. Said he: "Most Americans are increasingly affluent, but we have left some Americans behind. Those Americans do not feel a part...
...order to emphasize that the student newspaper does not speak officially for the institution, it should carry neither the institutional seal, official motto, nor the institution's name...
...never been a manage like Leo Durocher, either. Gourmet gambler, clotheshorse, man about Hollywood, Durocher was one of baseball's most controversial characters when he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers anc New York Giants to three pennants in the 1940s and 1950s. "Nice guys finish last," was his famous motto. He was sued by a fan who claimed Leo had broken his jaw, and he was suspended for the entire 1947 season by Commissioner A. B. Chandler, who finally decided that his conduct was "detrimental to baseball." Dropped by the Giants in 1955, he couldn't find another managerial...
...grind the precious beans in the 17th century, when Madame de Sévigné purportedly scoffed that "Racine will pass-like coffee," bear little resemblance to the streamlined models sold in France today, but their shape is basically the same. A craftsman's implement bears the doughty motto: "I am Jacques' chisel. Let me lie. I'll work for him until...