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...Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and assured him of France's "understanding, confidence and support," whatever Québec's future course. At the National Assembly, Lévesque's arrival was via the Napoleon steps, an entrance last used by Louis XVIII in 1814, and he was accorded the unusual honor of addressing the Deputies. Lévesque did not disguise his emotion. Said he: "It is more and more sure that a new country will appear, democratically...
...Date Day I, VII, IX Jan. 24 Thursday XIII Jan. 25 Friday XI Jan. 26 Saturday X, XV, XVI Jan. 28 Monday IV Jan. 29 Tuesday II Jan. 30 Wednesday XII Jan. 31 Thursday III Feb. 1 Friday VII, XIV Feb. 2 Saturday V Feb. 4 Monday VI, XVII, XVIII Feb. 5 Tuesday...
...Punctuality," said Louis XVIII, "is the politeness of kings." Kennedys are not kings-as no one in Bonn last week needed reminding. On tour with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Teddy Kennedy and his wife Joan (who narrates Peter and the Wolf), seemed to be late everywhere they went. Joan kept Mayor Peter Kramer and the fire department band cooling their heels for 45 minutes at the City Hall. Joan was at least an hour late for U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Rush's cocktail party. Joan was two hours late for the party given by West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel...
...North Carolina's Fort Bragg, Lieut. General John J. Tolson III commands the XVIII Airborne Corps with a similar desire to "cut out the crap," contending: "The soldier today is smarter than 25 years ago. What worked in the Army then won't work now, and the older guys are going to have to accept that...
...said, "one would have to be a Communist." But we can't know that it is on this path, and so we don't know whether the violence in today's communism is necessary for its revolution. The question remains, "Is communism still equal to its humanist intentions?" ( Ibid., xviii...