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...performance of the evening comes from a young actress new to me, Barbara Harris, whose playing of the nymphomaniacal baby-sitter is nothing short of sensational. She gives an impression of spontaneous, almost improvisatory acting, and she succeeds to perfection. She clearly believes in the proverb, Qui n'ose rien n'a rien...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: 'Oh Dad, Poor Dad,' etc. | 3/21/1962 | See Source »

...F.L.N. position is that France may "consult" with all Algerian factions but must negotiate only with the F.L.N. Last week F.L.N. tempers flared when Louis Joxe, De Gaulle's Minister for Algeria, said that he would meet with a small Moslem group, the Mouvement National Algérien (M.N.A.), "as I will meet with the F.L.N...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Baptism at Evian | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...fait rien. Donnez-moi un Cinzano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: 86-Proof American | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...Triomphe, De Gaulle paused briefly to rekindle the flame at the tomb of France's unknown soldier. Then, re-entering his car, he moved on across the Seine to Mont Valérien, a historic fort that overlooks a tiny, sandy valley where 4,000 Frenchmen were executed during the Nazi occupation. His face working with emotion, De Gaulle relit the flame of the resistance, prayed for a few moments at the tomb of the 16 resistance heroes buried in the fort. When at last the defiant strains of the Marseillaise rolled out over the valley, there was unabashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Breathing Spell | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

Coming as they did from the citizens of radical Paris, the thunderous cheers that greeted De Gaulle on the Champs-Elysées and Mont Valérien constituted an impressive vote of confidence in his government that was in marked contrast with Paris' reluctant acceptance of his return to power. And to confirm the results of this emotional plebiscite, the French Institute of Public Opinion found that all over France 54% of those questioned regarded De Gaulle's return to power as "a great good" and only 9% thought it "very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Breathing Spell | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

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