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...means an impersonal one. Who else but De Gaulle could lead France in this fashion? If there is any one else, the General does not name him. Implicit in his entire work is the assumption that he alone is France's Man of Destiny; that, like Joan of Arc, he is unique and irreplaceable...
When Charles de Gaulle emerged from his twelve-year retirement at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, Canard hailed him as Christopher Colombey, and celebrated his crusading zeal by calling him "Charles d'Arc." But lately Le Canard has taken to picturing De Gaulle with a crown and wearing the robes of Charlemagne or Louis XV ("Aprés le déluge, moi!"). As the Sun King himself, De Gaulle is shown crying: "Bread! Next, they'll be asking for cars and washing machines...
...simple and gadgety as the self-shaking mop; some are as complicated as the sealed-window, almost dust-free house. Some are as frivolous as a musical toothbrush that sounds a sour note when the teeth are not brushed correctly; some are as awe-inspiring as the purposeful arc of Echo threading its way through the stars. For the housewife, the worker on the production line, and the executive in his office, the outpouring of new inventions has provided more time to pursue dozens of new interests at leisure-and a choice of hundreds more new products to make leisure...
...Lady . . .? Now called Freedom, she has stood for 97 years as the nation seesawed between war and peace, Republicans and Democrats. Most tourists think she is an Indian, possibly Pocahontas or Chief Sitting Bull. She has also been accused of being Joan of Arc, Carry Nation, and Balboa discovering the Pacific. But most of those who bother to take note of her at all are almost sure to ask the question: "Why is that Indian wearing those Roman robes...
Less splashy but longer established are Mel Evans and George deKay, contractors who dream up nonbook ideas, hire authors and editors, and sell the product to publishing houses. The merchandise consists mostly of such night-table cannonballs as Fateful Moments, an anthology of traumata from Joan of Arc to Helen Keller, and the Great Treasury of American Writing, warmed-over heart warmers compiled by Louis Untermeyer...