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After Louis died in 1774, his hideaway fell on hard times. Louis XVI never used it, and during the French Revolution the royal residences at Choisy-le-Roi were wrecked. For a time, a locksmith occupied the site of the Petit Château; later a tile factory was built on the grounds. No one dreamed that so much as two stones of the old building, with its rich trim and fine, high windows, were left standing...
...combination of scholar, executive and showman to run a venture like the Metropolitan. Francis Taylor seems to have the combination. Says a friend: "He has the administrative ability of Eisenhower and the scheming patience of Machiavelli, and he bears a striking resemblance to Rodin's bust of Louis XVI." Moreover, and more important, he can work in harness with such diverse types as learned curators and unlearned but connoisseur trustees...
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...Olympic torch flared brightly for a moment, then went out. while the crowd sang the Finnish national anthem, the electric Scoreboard hopefully flashed in Latin the Olympic motto: "Faster, higher, stronger." If no general war intervened, the world's athletes would assemble again at Melbourne, Australia, for the XVI Olympiad...