Word: aimee
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From this point on the worship of the franc dominates the book as it dominated the books of Balzac. Marlise gets an esthetic pleasure out of contemplating her swelling revenues. She cannot walk down a road of Pargny without reflecting that so much of her money is in such-and...
Aime will seem pretty much of a nincompoop to the unprejudiced. A youth of many talents (he gives promise, at different times, of succeeding as a sculptor, a medievalist, a writer), he is unable to assert himself long enough to give any of his abilities a chance. He dares not...
The story of The Iron Mother is told by a wise peasant who has been Marlise's admirer and Aime's friend. His complete acceptance of the French way of doing things, of French values, may be what constitutes the "wholesomeness" of the book; at any rate, he...
Over & above flagpole-sitting feats and dance marathons there are still some records hung so high and in such out-of-the-way places that few will care to shoot at them. Fortnight ago English airmen flew over Mt. Everest (TIME, April 10). Not so publicized or so spectacular but...
Chatting amiably and informally last week, Prime Minister Raymond Poincare answered a correspondent's pert question: "Mon cher Président* why don't you declare yourself a Dictator? Moi, j'aime les Mussolinis, les Primo de Riveras, les Pil-sudskis!"