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...future of French democracy under the Cross of Lorraine. De Gaulle's demand for six months of decree powers, some claim, is only a foretaste of a stern dictatorship backed up by the brute force of the military. The general's past political record, however, has been one of strict adherence to constitutional forms, even in the face of bitter frustration. In 1946, when it became clear that the Constitution would make the Presidency meaningless, de Gaulle resigned the post voluntarily, even though he had the power to force his way on the Assembly by a military coup...
...Prices do not rise and fall in strict relation to the demand for goods and services...
...production flusters the pensive sensuality of Colette's mood like a poodle in a cage of lovebirds. But in the details, the script sticks surprisingly close to the book. Gigi (Caron) is a dear little French girl whose grand aunt and grandmother have given her a strict upbringing in the finest traditions of their family-which happens to be a family of expensive prostitutes. Gigi's mother is the black sheep-she has sunk to a respectable job as a second lead in the Opera-Comique-and Gigi's guardians (Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans) are taking...
...stolid, austere Amish farmfolk of central Ohio, education beyond the eighth grade is a waste and a danger; it is enough that a child learn to read, write and cipher. This stubbornly held tenet of their strict, old-fashioned sect runs squarely into an Ohio law requiring children to remain in school until they are 16. From time to time in Amish country, parents have been prosecuted for violating the law, but more often, tolerant school boards ignore the Amish boycott of high schools, or make senseless obeisance to the law's letter by letting Amish schoolchildren repeat...
Down the main street of the tiny Cypriot village of Vassa one night last week strode 15 masked men in strict military order. A year ago, the sight of such gunmen meant that some one had been singled out for death as a collaborator with the British. But this time the EOKA men proved to be bound on a singularly innocent errand. Invading the village coffee shop, they ordered its customers to face the wall, then searched their pockets for British cigarettes...