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...brief span of years in the 9th century, through a combination of armed might and wisdom, the Prankish King Charlemagne succeeded in establishing a measure of unity in war-torn Europe. Last week, 1,142 years after Charlemagne's burial in Aix la-Chapelle (the German city of Aachen), Sir Winston Churchill journeyed to Aachen to accept its Charlemagne Prize* for his own efforts to promote European understanding...
...those who want to stay on the French Riviera, the University of Aix Marseille offers courses in French language, literature and civilization at the coastal towns of Cannes and Nice. English and American literature will also be taught. The summer session begins in the middle of July and lasts till September...
...only halfheartedly. A worldly-wise French bureaucrat remarked that the Premier thought "it might not be a bad idea to have Grandval's head on the negotiation table." Shocked into action by the bloodletting, the Premier had summoned more than a hundred Moroccan notables to a conference at Aix-les-Bains and was now eagerly searching for an acceptable political solution...
...conference in Aix-les-Bains...
That night, the stillness of mountain-cradled Aix-les-Bains was shattered. It was Baritone Valdengo, running through the streets. "Help! Police! They are taking the wheels off my car!" he yelled. "They are trying to keep me from leaving town!" At that point, ex-Queen Marie José leaned from her hotel window and scornfully called: "Silenzio! Silenzio, maestrino!"* Valdengo left town without another word-and without interference...