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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The official government euphemism was that programming was to be kept "light" to "put the French in a vacation spirit." The fact, however, was that 114 newsmen and producers of the O.R.T.F. (Office de Radio et Télévision Français) were on a paid holiday until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV Abroad: Mike Fright | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

Thinking in French. The main expression of the tradition is the historic and conscious effort poured into the 69 Lycées Français around the world, known for their scholastic excellence in the mold of the system that in France itself educates 1.5 million students be tween the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schools: France's Culture Corps | 8/7/1964 | See Source »

Whatever Louis XIV wanted, Louis XIV got-in art as well as in life. In payment he gave royal protection, and no one basked more deliciously in the Sun King's rays than Charles Le Brun, "First Painter of the King" and for 20 years the absolute arbiter and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Official Artist | 8/23/1963 | See Source »

Amateur Cartoonist Kincaid's Contes Français now reaches 1,209,000 subscribers to five daily newspapers, from the Toledo Blade to the Detroit News. The plot is Les Misérables, "adapted to a sixth-grader's interest," and the grammar is passably taxing. Cosette : "Je...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching: Gallic Comic | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

Actress Mauban's show was produced by the French government's RTF (Radio-diffusion Télévision Français). In 39 quarter-hour episodes, titled Les Français Chez Vous (The French People in Your Home), the series uses mimes, comedians and chausonniers to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Gals & Gauls | 12/21/1962 | See Source »

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